Essays

What is global warming and how is it affecting the Earth and its inhabitants? Global Warming is sometimes referred to as the Greenhouse Effect. The Greenhouse Effect is the absorption of energy radiated from the Earth's surface by Carbon Dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere, causing the atmosphere to become warmer. The Greenhouse Effect is what is causing the temperature on the Earth to rise and creating many problems that will begin to occur in the coming decades. For the last 10,000 years, the Earth's climate has been extraordinarily beneficial to mankind. Humans have prospered tremendously well under a benign atmosphere. Today, however, major changes are taking place. People are conducting an inadvertent global experiment by changing the face of the entire planet. We are destroying the Ozone Layer, which allows life to exist on the Earth's surface. All of these activities are unfavorably altering the’ composition of the more...

The idea of putting another human to death is hard to completely fathom. The physical mechanics involved in the act of execution are easy to grasp, but the emotions involved in carrying out a death sentence on another person, regardless of how much they deserve it, is beyond understanding. However, this act is sometimes necessary and it is our responsibility as a society to see that it is done. Opponents of capital or death punishment have basically four arguments. The first is that there is a possibility of error. However, the chance that there might be an error is separate from the issue of whether the death penalty can lie justified or not. If an error does occur, and an innocent person is executed, then the problem lies in the court system, not in the death penalty. Furthermore, most activities in our world, in which humans are involved, possess a more...

William Shakespeare was a great English playwright, dramatist and poet who lived during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Shakespeare is considered to be the greatest playwright of all time. No other writer's plays have been produced so many times or read so widely in so many countries as his. Shakespeare was born to middle class parents. His father, John, was a Stratford businessman. He was a glove maker who owned a leather shop. John Shakespeare was a well- known and respected man in the town. He held several important local governmental positions. William Shakespeare's mother was Mary Arden. Though she was the daughter of a local farmer, she was related to a wealthy family. Mary Arden and John Shakespeare were married in 1557. William Shakespeare was born in Stratford in 1564. He was one of eight children. The Shakespeares were well- respected prominent people. When William Shakespeare was more...

Alcohol is the most used and abused drug in the world, for this reason there is no wonder why we have alcohol problems. The most common problem is alcoholism. Alcoholism is a chronic, usually progressive, disease that includes both a psychological and a physical addiction to; alcohol. Alcoholics know what will happen to them when'' they drink but they are so addicted they can't stop drinking. Alcohol becomes the most important part of the person’s life. It totally consumes them; all their thoughts and actions have to do are somehow associated with alcohol. Alcoholism like other illnesses will become worse without treatment and remain life threatening as long as it is left untreated. The psychological dependence an alcoholic has is when they think alcohol is necessary and life will not be good without; it. The physical dependence an alcoholic has is when their body becomes so used to the drug more...

Freedom is often spoken of in what can be referred to as a 'loose sense.' One country has more freedom than another; a twenty-one year old has more freedom than a fifteen year old, but what exactly does this word, which is so often flippantly used, mean? Or, if this conclusion cannot be reached, what does it not mean? For different people it may mean different things, but there has to be an equilibrium that can be reached in order to determine the meaning of freedom itself. In one form, freedom can mean that a person has 'exemption from an obligation.' In another way, it can be interpreted that one is 'not under the control or power of another.' Perhaps it can be defined as having the liberty to choose who/what the ruler is to be. For, since nothing can exist without having some form of rule, if people were more...

Eliminating pollution from the environment has not proved as easy as eliminating it from the pages of a book. Industry is now spending several billion dollars a year on pollution control. The first problem in understanding air pollution is to decide what is and what is not an air pollutant. Many of the things generally considered pollutants are present in the natural air. The amount of a substance locally present in the air is clearly important in defining a pollutant. Also the amount of harm or inconvenience caused by the substance and how long it remains in the atmosphere. These three factors are known as the three T's (tonnage, toxicity and time in the atmosphere). A great deal of power is needed to run the factories of modern industrial nations. Automobiles, trains, planes and buses need power too. Nearly all of this power is produced in the same way—by burning more...

Music is the organization of sounds with some degree of rhythm, melody, and harmony. Popular Music is music produced for and sold to a broad audience. Indian popular music, which is most strongly influenced by Indian folk music, is shaped by social, economic, and technological forces. Popular music is closely linked to the social identity of its performers and audiences. Indian Popular Music has one of the world's most extensive popular music industries. Most Indian popular music is associated with the commercial film industry, centred on Mumbai, in which song-and-dance scenes are inserted into, plots. Film songs are heard all over India, in city streets and even in remote villages, and have also become one of the country's major cultural exports. It is a remarkably eclectic genre, borrowing freely from other Indian music us and popular music's from around the world, including some Western harmonic procedures.                         Both Indian cinema and more...

Millions of people own a mobile phone these days, and ever since they have been around scientists have questioned whether they are safe or not. Do they cause tumours, earaches, mercury poisoning? The problem is that mobile phones are still too new to know the long-term effects on human. Mobile phones give off a radiation of radio frequency round 10 MHz to 300 Ghz. But so do other appliances. Why does mobiles especially get pictured as being hazardous? Drivers who use these mobiles whilst driving are the only 'health risk' that can be proven, the drivers get distracted and lose control over the vehicle. Mobiles are said to cause brain tumours, they say this because there mobile phone users were found to have tumours of the same kind. Mobiles cause memory loss, radiation sickness. Mobiles can disturb your sleep pattern, according to the researchers from worldwide universities. Mobile phones increase more...

Henry Ford was born on July 30,1863 to William and Mary Ford. He was the first of six children. He grew up in a rich farming household in Dearborn, Michigan. He enjoyed a typical childhood, spending his days in a one-room schoolhouse and doing farm chores. Ever since he was young he showed an interest in the mechanical aspect of things and how they worked and functioned. He used to take things apart and put them back together to get an idea of the inner workings of basic mechanical tools. In 1879, at a young age of 16, he left his home to travel to the nearby city of Detroit to work as an apprentice for a machinist. He occasionally returned home to work on the farm. He remained an apprentice for three years and then returned to Dearborn. During the next few years, Henry divided his time between operating more...

Of all the scientists to emerge from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries there is one whose name is known by almost all living people. While most of these do not understand this man's work, everyone knows that its impact on the world of science is astonishing. Yes, many have heard of Albert Einstein's General Theory of relativity, but few know about the intriguing life that led this scientist to discover what some have called, "The greatest single achievement of human thought." Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1874. Before his first birthday, his family had moved to Munich where young Albert's father, Hermann Einstein, and uncle set up a small electro chemical business. He was fortunate to have an excellent family with which he held a strong relationship. Albert's mother, Pauline Einstein, had an intense passion for music and literature, and it was she that first introduced more...