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Deaf Education, 2004.
An overview of different educational systems for deaf children.
1,827 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 14 sources, MLA, £ 32.95
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This paper examines how, in today's world, a hearing-impaired child can communicate and learn to enjoy life and the multitude of experiences it has to offer and how the proper and appropriate education of a hearing-impaired child is an issue that has most parents of these children confused and unhappy. In particular, it evaluates whether the "No Child Left Behind" Act sufficiently provides for deaf children and looks at some of the organizations that can help these children find the right form of education.
From the Paper
"The system of 'Bilingual and Bicultural' education for the deaf is based on the idea that deaf children belong to a Deaf Community, and that the language that they must use in order to communicate effectively will be the 'American Sign Language'. When deaf children utilize the English language for written as well as verbal communication, and use the American Sign Language wherever necessary, then this demonstrates the fact that they will have to communicate with others in the hearing world with the language that is used by most of the people within the community, and that is English. (Eden, BiBi) Apart from this, the philosophy of 'total communication' is one that teaches deaf children to be familiar with all the various modes of communication that are available to them, and all those methods that would be suitable for all their specific needs. (Eden, Total Communication)"
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The Williams Case, 2004.
An analysis of the potential impact of the outcome of the Williams case on education in California.
2,035 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 35.95
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This paper examines how the settlement of the Williams case can clearly be of significant benefit to many of California's schools. The Williams case started as a response to a state crisis in which California schoolchildren were being taught in overcrowded schools without enough textbooks and trained teachers.
Outline
The Settlement
Expected Impact on Student Performance
The California Quality Education Commission: Likely Funding Decisions
Recommendations
Conclusion
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"In the past, the wisdom regarding the use of out of date textbooks and materials in core subjects has met with some debate. Although some assert that as core subjects, many of the principles remain relatively static, there can be little doubt that many materials can either lapse in content or accuracy over time. Of course, the greatest examples can often be found in the "hard" sciences, as well as the social and political sciences. However, even in the more "static" core areas (at least in the K-12 levels), including mathematics, English, and language arts, there exists a possibility of missing subject focus trends (a factor that can significantly affect test scores and performance), as well as new contributions and methods designed to further student skill-acquisition."
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Illinois Association of Park Districts (IAPD), 2004.
This paper relates the history and function of the Illinois Association of Park Districts (IAPD) and other agencies relating to parks, recreation, and wildlife conservation.
3,900 words (approx. 15.6 pages), 14 sources, APA, £ 59.95
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This paper relates that the Illinois Association of Park Districts (IAPD)
was founded as the Illinois Association of Conservation and Park Districts 75 years ago to establish and protection parks and to conserve wildlife. The author points out that the historic 'Park Law Codification Bill', signed in 1951, combines all the various laws pertaining to the issues of park conservatism into one single section of the state law. The paper relates that, today, each of the more than 40 park districts, forests, and conservation parks in the state of Illinois has a police force to patrol, routinely enforcing laws regarding recreation, hunting, and boating, and especially the use of drugs and alcohol.
From the Paper
"The DNR or the Illinois Department of Natural Resources states that its mission is to protect and manage and to conserve the various natural resources that the state of Illinois can very proudly boast of, and to provide those recreational opportunities to interested people that would not harm or spoil these natural resources in any manner. The Educational Department of the DNR was launched in the year 1995, with the primary aim of the development of educational methods and of the training methods involved in the conservation of natural resources of Illinois. It also was to provide hands on training for those persons wanting to indulge in the various outdoor activities that Illinois offers, such as snowmobiling, boating and hunting methods."
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Hazardous Materials, 2004.
This paper discusses the management of hazardous materials by emergency responder teams.
3,360 words (approx. 13.4 pages), 14 sources, APA, £ 52.95
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This paper explains that a hazardous material emergency is any uncontrolled release or possible release of a hazardous material or substance that requires assistance from a local fire department or "hazmat" team to control it. The author points out that the first steps for the incidence commander are to assess the situation, determine which level of magnitude the situation is (HAZMAT level 0, 1, 2, or 3), and then pass this information to whichever local, state, and federal organizations are required. The paper relates that air surveillance at the site of a hazardous material incident is vital to ensure that the personnel involved are not exposed to chemicals or materials in the air and that lingering particles do not contaminate local surrounding areas, placing the public in danger.
Table of Contents
Hazardous Material Emergency
How to Command an Incident Response
Researching Identified Materials in an Incident
Main Objectives of Site Control
Standard Operating Procedure for Response Activities
SARA Title III
Essential Personal Protective Equipment
Decontamination of Personnel
Role of Hazard and Risk Assessment and Decision Making in Hazardous Material Control
Basic and Advanced Hazardous Material Control: Similarities and Differences
How Chemicals Behave and Knowledge is Vital
Toxicity
Basics of Air Surveillance and Strategies
Importance of Computer
Common Symptoms of Mental Stress
Temperature Stress and its Importance
Physical Fitness and Leadership
Benefits of Exercising an Emergency Response Plan
Terminology
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"Identifying materials in any hazardous materials accident is vital to site containment. Whenever there are unidentified products at a containment site, the incident commander must attempt to identify those products. First, visual inspection should be made to attempt to identify the materials. This can be done via binoculars if the materials appear to be corrosive to the eye. Additionally, the commander must look for the presence of smoke, vapor, or fire to help determine the chemical nature of the compound. The commander can also look for the original containers, to help identify the products."
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The Federal Reserve Board, 2004.
A discussion of the Federal Reserve Board.
840 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 16.95
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This paper analyzes the responsibilities of the Federal Reserve Board, claiming that its most important responsibility is the stabilization of the economy by regulating financial markets. The paper contends that the frequent and usually well-planned hikes and cuts in fund rates are indicative of the Federal Reserve Board's power and influence on the American economy.
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"The Federal Reserve Board is the most powerful financial institution in the country and is actually the Central bank of United States. This institution is responsible for regulating financial system of the country by formulating monetary policies and by changing the fund rates. The Fed is not completely independent and works together with the administration and the Department of the Treasury. It is responsible for formulating and implementing monetary policies in the United States. Even though not independent Federal Reserve has the power to single-handedly introduce appropriate regulations and changes in order to control the financial markets. Federal Bank is commonly referred to as the Fed and it has lately been in the news quite consistently and persistently. The headline-making monetary measures have made the public take notice of the way monetary system works in the United States."
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Museum Methods, 2005.
An analysis of different methods of display and technique used in museums.
5,214 words (approx. 20.9 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 71.95
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This paper explains that methods and approaches adopted by museums reflect varying responses to the constraints placed upon them. The different restraints are discussed and include financial considerations, the nature of their real estate, their perceived audience, the nature of their collections, the role of scholarship and education in their mission, and the practical necessities of preserving and displaying the material artifacts of their collections.
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"While the challenges and logistics are present, the preservation of a historical building and land may prove to be more significant than any treasure that is housed in the building. Older architecture often requires additional structural support to provide a safe environment for visitors. It is often necessary to use restorative methods to enhance security measures, adjusting for the more primitive setting of an older building. Historic preservation of historic places is similar to the preservation work of many museum collections. Many museums and institutions work with the constraints of a historical building for the preservation of the regional history, and the added financial breaks that accompany the restoration of a historical building or monument and the listing of the institution in the National Registry of Historic places. Acknowledging architecture as history is important in our endeavors to preserve our society's rich past. Many museums that are set in historical building utilized the setting to teach living history and interpretation of historical events. This form of interactional display provides engaging events for active public participation."
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Criminal Justice: Challenges and Developments, 2005.
A discussion of current challenges and developments in the criminal justice system and why it has lost some of its glory.
2,258 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 38.95
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The criminal justice system in the United States, and indeed anywhere in the world, is a governmental tool to ensure the safety and security of the citizens of the country. The paper explains, however, that certain areas have been considered in research to steer away from this goal. The public has, for example, lost a considerable amount of trust in the system as a result of apparent oppressive practices in the system. It discusses how things like alcohol have been proved to be a factor in many crimes; yet many of the prisoners with drinking problems remain untreated, and crimes are perpetuated as a result. The paper points out that there are also significant developments within the system, including IT advances, which could help to create an increase in job opportunities in a variety of departments.
From the Paper
"The United States prison system appears to be the icon of years of accumulated oppressive practices against especially African Americans. Indeed, according to Parenti, the 900 percent growth of the Justice Department's budget over the last 20 years seems to have mostly been used in order to build an increasing number of prisons. These are used to house an increasing amount of prisoners (currently around 60 percent of all prisoners) incarcerated for non-violent drug crimes. Furthermore about one out of every three black men in their twenties are under criminal justice control or are sought under warrant."
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Bilingual Education in Los Angeles, 2004.
A review of the article "Hundreds Wait for Bilingual Education" by Louis Sahagun and Nick Anderson.
744 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 14.95
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This paper looks at how, according to the Los Angeles Times articles, "Hundreds Wait for Bilingual Education," by Louis Sahagun and Nick Anderson (October 23, 1998), there are hundreds of students awaiting arrangements for bilingual classes. This article examines the impact of Proposition 227, which provides an alternative to the total immersion approach by offering bilingual classes taught in English with support in the native language. The problem cited in this article concerns the paucity of requests for exemption in any given school; at least 20 are required in order to form such bilingual classes in a single school.
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"In 1997, for instance, the district reported that there were at least 286 campuses with 100 or more students in bilingual programs; in 1998, though, the initial findings suggest that there were only 43 schools that received 100 or more requests for bilingual education. "In more than half of the campuses that previously had 100 students in bilingual education, not one petition for bilingual education had been received as of mid-October" (Sahagun & Anderson, 1998, p. 5). The authors cite as an example Canoga Park Elementary; in 1997-98, there were 555 students in bilingual classes in that school; during 1998-1998, the school received no petitions for bilingual education at all. Based on interviews with educators in the school system, the authors conclude that many parents may still be weighing their options. The district superintendent, Ruben Zacarias, said, "I can't speak for why parents chose one option versus another."
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Rhetoric in Modern-Day Proceedings, 2004.
An examination of the modern-day influence that rhetoric has on governmental processes.
3,000 words (approx. 12.0 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 49.95
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This paper examines how the term 'rhetoric' is used as philosophical advocacy for the validity of knowledge and critical topics concerning public policy. The paper deals with the importance of rhetoric in modern-day proceedings and its influence on governmental processes from decision making by presidents to that of the Congress. It also argues that rhetoric is far removed from reality.
From the Paper
"Honestly, however, it can be seen that the political discourses are being aimed to serve other objectives rather than simply put forth a description of real facts. It is evident that the leaders resort to deception, statements of ambiguous nature, and omission of critical issues for fear of contradiction without even taking care of the way the audiences construe their statements. It is therefore, imperative that the political deliberations are not to be taken as an honest account of the real world facts or the account of own visualizations of the speaker but to be analyzed in the perspectives of social objectives that it aims to fulfill."
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Trust between Management and Physicians in Hospitals, 2005.
A look at the need for, yet lack of, trust between physicians in hospitals and hospital management.
882 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 17.95
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This paper describes the conflict between the inherent objectives of hospital administrators and hospital physicians and how this conflict is the source of the erosion of trust between the two groups. The paper explains that the administrators' goals of conserving resources and containing hospital costs conflict with those of the doctors. It explains that the doctors' goal is to provide their patients with the highest quality care possible and that methods for dealing with this conflict have thus far been inadequate and may even compromise patient care. The paper then suggests that the best way to deal with the problem would be to hire high-quality trainers to conduct world-class, trust-engendering seminars for management and doctors, since none of the current methods for creating trust between doctors and management seem to be effective.
From the Paper
"As for administrators, their sense of trust with physicians, Succi asserts, boils down to one area - "cost/quality management." When alluding to costs of providing services to patients, therein lies a very important factor in running a hospital, and there is little doubt that administrators are keenly interested in keeping costs from rising out of sight. And since hospital administrators are "rewarded for conserving resources and containing hospital costs" and physicians are gaining credibility for offering ever-higher levels of care, Succi believes these two conflicting concepts create an erosion of trust."
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The Freeway City, 2004.
An examination of the impact that freeways have had on shaping the character of Los Angeles as a city.
1,574 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 28.95
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The name "Los Angeles" has become shorthand for a whole condition of modern civilization: A state of unplanned, disordered, sprawling, polluted, congested chaos. This paper discusses how the great mega-city of Los Angeles seems to embody the problems of the modern world on a mega-scale. The writer focuses on the role that the imagery and reality of transport - above all, freeways and motor transport - played in shaping perceptions of this vast and extraordinary modern metropolis.
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"Los Angeles is not a new city: founded in 1781 and incorporated in 1850, it is the second-oldest city in California and one of the longest-established urban centres in the United States. Yet a recent writer on Los Angeles transport has asserted that it 'is known throughout the world as the prototype of the late twentieth-century city'. Elsewhere Los Angeles has been described as 'a harbinger of the modern American city ... a prototype for the American metropolis of the late twentieth century'. This perception of Los Angeles, for all its relative antiquity, as (for good and ill) a city of modernity and futurity reflects the overwhelmingly twentieth-century nature of its growth. The form that growth has taken has been seen (again, for good and ill) as embodying the fundamental qualities of a pattern of development 'typical of twentieth century urbanization'. This pattern of urbanism is identified particularly with North America but, partly by virtue of being American, has exercised great influence across the world: a decentralized, dispersed, suburbanized, consumerized, motorized urbanism that we now find adopted in almost every part of the globe where people have congregated in towns and cities."
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Civil Service, 2004.
An opinion paper, which argues that military service should be mandatory.
1,280 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 12 sources, MLA, £ 23.95
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This paper provides definitive proof that civil service should be mandatory at the age of eighteen. It explains that mandatory civil service would allow those that are not in the military to contribute to the well-being of the nation. It also argues that President Bush and his administration support the idea of civil service work for young people. The writer also states that civil service work could be very beneficial to young people aged 18 to 24 because it provides them with the stability and the skills that they need to help them for the rest of their lives.
From the Paper
"The war in Iraq has spawned a debate over whether or not all persons should have to spend some time in the civil service when they reach the age of eighteen. There are huge sacrifices that are being made in Iraq and Afghanistan but they only really affecting working class Americans. Not everyone can be in the military but everyone can participate in various aspects of the civil service. The purpose of this paper is to provide definitive proof that civil service should be mandatory at the age of eighteen."
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The French Foreign Legion, 2004.
This paper discusses the history of the French Foreign Legion.
3,275 words (approx. 13.1 pages), 8 sources, APA, £ 51.95
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This paper explains that the French Foreign Legion was and continues to be a legitimate fighting force, unique to France and the French experience, while still capturing the collective imagination of the world. The author points out that the legacy of the Legion's colonialist history and its impact on the perceptions of non-French nations is of an occupying force; the legacy they left behind is one of suffering, tragedy, and oppression. The paper relates that the French Foreign Legion is historically a remarkable organization, marked by extreme loyalty, diversity, and strength; its current role is as a U.N. directed force.
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"The Legion was founded in the year 1831 by King Louis Philippe. Although, without question, the Legion is patently French in its ideology, loyalty, and outlook, it is actually an international band of soldiers, joined together to fight for the interests of France. To be sure, because of its rather "eclectic" nature, many consider the Legion to be the essence of mercenary armies, a ragtag band of men of every nationality, race, and even creed-as well as of every moral and ethical standard, from the brutish thug, to the idealistic soldier, fighting for God and country. However, the true French Foreign Legion is not so simple. In fact, to the French people, themselves, the Legion is a force imbibed with a rich and honorable history-a representation of the collective French consciousness of the power of France, in spite of its international membership."
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Adult Education Programs, 2004.
This paper discusses the administration and evaluation of adult education programs.
3,340 words (approx. 13.4 pages), 11 sources, MLA, £ 52.95
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This paper explains that, similar to other government-financed schemes, adult education has met with mounting requests to exhibit its efficacy. The author points out that the Bush Administration is dedicated to transforming education in the United States, such that every adult is capable of meeting the challenges of the current high-skill economy. The paper relates that, although the majority of adult education programs are obliged to report various forms of information to the government agencies or the organizations that finance them, they don't automatically examine these data internally to get an insight as to how the information may be utilized to improve programs or instruction.
From the Paper
"In the past years, amendments made to the Adult Education Act, the federal legislation administering the adult education program have reinforced the necessity of answerability. The reauthorization of the Act during 1988 augmented the state necessity for local program review by stipulating six subject areas that the review should deal with and by commissioning the deployment of standardized test results while assessing. The adult literacy policy on the national level is stated in the National Literacy Act and in the Annual Education Act (AEA) which brought about the amendment of AEA in the year 1990. The purpose of the Act is to aid dropout adults attain the literacy required to work effectively in society, obtain advantage from job training and retrain them with a view to obtaining and maintain employment and persist their education to the level of passing out of High School at the minimum. To sustain adult literacy endeavors meant for adult secondary education (ASE), adult basic education (ABE), and English-as-a-Second Language (ESL) inputs, the AEA provides a public funding medium by way of granting federal grants to the state education outfits."
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