The Thunder of Hooves and the Thrill of the Race: Technology and the Horseracing Industry There is quite possibly nothing more thrilling than standing at the rail of Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky as a field of thoroughbreds comes charging around the turn; unless it is standing at ...

TV in the 1950's Reflected/Created Culture How many hours per week do you spend watching television? The average American child or adolescent spends 22-28 hours per week watching TV, which is more than any other activity other than sleeping. Did you know that there are more television sets in...

Private Investigators Private investigators commonly work behind the scenes in an often mysterious and easily misunderstood profession. For most people a recollection of television shows such as 'Magnum P.I.', come to mind when considering the life of a private investigator. The ent...

The United States tax system is in complete disarray. Republicans and Democrats agree that the current tax code is complex, unfair, and costly. The income tax system is so complex; the IRS publishes 480 tax forms and 280 forms to explain the 480 forms (Armey 1). The main reason the tax system is ...

INTRODUCTION Considering the subject of affirmative action the following questions frequently are raised: Is there a clear understanding of affirmative action roles/goals? What are the pros/cons of these programs? What are the "loop holes" in the system? Does seniority play a role in affirmative ac...

Can you revise some grammers and make good transitions between paragraphs? And also, find what causes gang and gun violence in school(with some quotations with bibliography:web address) and added in some where in my essay. In an era of the rising concern over public school violence, the controve...

Globalization is an apparent concern in our world today. Not only are countries trading goods and conducting business with one another, they are also exchanging cultures and religious beliefs on some levels. While there are still many drastic differences between the developed countries and the und...

Considering the subject of affirmative action the following questions frequently are raised: Is there a clear understanding of affirmative action roles/goals? What are the pros/cons of these programs? What are the "loop holes" in the system? Does seniority play a role in affirmative action? Addressi...

Considering the subject of affirmative action the following questions frequently are raised: Is there a clear understanding of affirmative action roles/goals? What are the pros/cons of these programs? What are the "loop holes" in the system? Does seniority play a ...

Today's generation of youth from diapers to age twenty have their own name,just as the 50-some baby boomers have: It is the Net-generation or N-geners.This population, which is 80 million strong, is the first generation togrow up surrounded by digital media. Computers can be found in homes andschool...

I decided that I wanted to be a teacher when I was at the age of thirteen. I decided this because I always wanted to know what was on the other side of being a student, what it was like to be the teacher teaching, not the student learning. But throughout my education I have learned that learning i...

Contents 1 Introduction 2 The American-German History 2.1 The First German Settlers in the USA 2.2 The American-German Relationship before and during the Second World War 2.3 New Evaluation of the American-German Relationship after the Second World War 2.4 The Vietnam War and the Firs...

American Sports History (1865-Present) 1. Introduction 2. End of civil war 3. U.S. Sports at the Turn of the Century 4. The Twenties 5. Changes: The Late 20th Century 6. Bibliography 1.Introduction Being that my topic was sports history I found a lot of information, whether...

Reality Is Everywhere CRASH!! There has just been an accident. Suddenly there are sounds of sirens from ambulances and police cars rushing to the scene. Many bystanders' curiosity's skyrocket, because they want to know what has happened. People up ahead on the road are slowing down an...

In an era of sound bytes, television attack ads, political blogs, and twenty-four hour national news cycles, it can be difficult to imagine that politics once was different. For one, it was more local. In the Nineteenth Century, and through a good part of the Twentieth Century, Democrats and Repub...

Economics of WarThe choice to bomb the World Trade Center was more than symbolic. The collapse of the towers has coincided with an already slowing global economy and was probably intended to cause as much economic as physical harm. The crisis will have deep economic repercussions in a number of are...

"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kindof fear is fear of the unknown."1 Therefore, it makes sense that if mortals cannot bear thedarkness, they [should not] not go there. If man dislikes "black night and yawning chasms,"2then should he not even consi...

American values are a tricky thing. It seems that the value set changes with each individual. "American pragmatism is actually rooted in deeply held anti-authoritarian, individualistic, egalitarian, activist ideals, which privilege personal choice, flexibility, and technical efficiency with the pu...

*NOTE* This essay was written in a comparison between Scout (To Kill A Mockingbird) and a person.Small Town WarfareMany events can happen in a person's life that can affect that person deeply: a death of a family member, moving to another town, conflict between family, an introduction of a person in...

"What if Nobody Came to the Election?"Discuss this statement with reference to the political systems of the UK and the USA.Although the notion of a turn out of zero per cent may seem fancifal, it must be noted that trends on both sides of the Atlantic are suggesting the shadow of apathy hangs more p...

How does one determine what their ethnic background is? I am one that cannot determine mine. It is very hard to determinemy ethnic background when once asked, "What is your nationality?" The purpose of this paper is to explain in full how hard it could be to one in choosing a subject such as this....

Throughout the United States, more minorities are being hired;however, minorities continually face barriers to advancement once thehiring process is complete. Therefore, the cure all solution instituted byHuman Resource departments to sponsor diversity training initiatives hasnot addressed the...

PRISONS DO NOT WORKRight now in the United States of America murderers, rapists, and child molesters are being set free. Prisoners are watching T.V., eating a meal, and using exercise equipment while law abiding citizens are starving and living in the gutters. Prisoners even have their own periodica...

"From about 1825 until the outbreak of the civil war in 1861, the atmosphere in the nation was one of reform" (Boardman, 122). There were five major reform movements present in 19th century America. There was the Utopianism/Communitarian Movement, which established an ideal society away from prese...

INTRODUCTION Considering the subject of affirmative action, the following questions frequently are raised: Is there a clear understanding of affirmative action roles/goals? What are the pros/cons of these programs? What are the \"loopholes\" in the system? Does seniority play a role in affirmative a...