False alarm

From 2000 to 2006, drowning was the second leading cause of unintentional injury death among US children between 1 and 19 years of age.1 In 2006, drowning claimed the lives of approximately 1100 US children. Fortunately, childhood unintentional drowning fatality rates have decreased steadily from 2.68 per 100 000 in 1985 to 1.32 per 100 000 in 2006. Rates of drowning death vary with age, gender, and race. Age groups at greatest risk are toddlers and male adolescents. After 1 year of age, male…

devices and those who collected and analyzed information that indicated a threat against their units responded to the Tet alert and those in an apparently quiet sector dismissed warnings issued by Military Assistance Command Vietnam as just another false alarm. Intelligence failure also highlights the herculean task faced by officers, analysts, and policy makers as they attempted to complete the intelligence cycle. The failure to anticipate an attack in wartime, when Americans could have…

Other than all the powers that the President already possesses, does the president have the powers to pass such laws as the Alien and Sedition Acts? The Alien and Sedition Acts are laws that included powers to ban foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote. Previously, a new immigrant would have to live in the United States for five years before becoming eligible to vote, but a new law raised this to fourteen years. Both the Alien and Sedition Acts were signed into law by…

The 1300’s were a bad time for the citizens of the known world, which included Europe, most of Asia, and also parts of Africa. It was a time of horror, mainly because of the disease commonly known by many names, including, the Black Death, the bubonic plague, and pneumonic plague. This plague was the killer of over a third of the population of Europe, and was unstoppable in nature. It didn’t matter how you tried to safeguard yourself from it, it found you. In the face of such a seemingly…

purged on June 2, 1793. This passage from May 31, 1793 shows the influence of the republicans and how they used the people of France to do their political work for them. “Let us say that there were 300,000 citizens assembled at the first sound of the alarm, anxious to demonstrate under the gaze of the entire Republic their devotedness to the homeland and their respect for the…

The development of a minimal sense of self, across objects, plays an important role in the growth of a human (Cunningham, Turk, Macdonald & Macrae, 2008). It is common for a person to develop a sense of ownership towards objects, which can elicit a greater sense of appeal, known as the ownership effect (Cunningham et al., 2008). In some cases, such as in the mere ownership effect, the value of the object can be overestimated (Feng, Zhao, & Donnay, 2013). Even though, ownership not only causes…

Censorship and the Danger of Technology In this day in age, it is truly amazing how easily information from all over the world can be accessed. Using the internet or reading a book one can find answers to any question one may have. If for some reason access to this information was restricted, that would be considered censorship. Many science fiction writers are concerned that censorship could possibly show up in our society in the near future (Tor.com) When legendary author, Ray Bradbury wrote…

PETA to the Extreme Extremism can be defined as; an ideology considered to be far outside the mainstream attitudes of a society or to violate common moral standards. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals or PETA, is a non-profit organization with the motto: “Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment” (“The Issues”). PETA has expressed these extreme tendencies in many of their outlandish campaigns over the years. This evidence shows that PETA goes to…

American Abduction Epidemic? Are missing children an American epidemic? While many parents fear that it is, I disagree. In fact, I believe there is an irrational fear surrounding child abductions and “stranger danger” in The United States. This is evident when examining the actual statistics as opposed to listening to the media’s portrayal of these incidents. Throughout this essay, you will read some of the statistics of fear, the media’s role in causing this fear, and why parents are…

the end. Does it still count as being selfless if we expect to benefit from doing a so-called "good deed"? No, it does not. Most people refuse to realize that we subconsciously do things for others to satisfy our own self-gratification. There is no alarm that magically goes off in our head and says, "this act of kindness, support, or generosity is not for them; it is for you and therefore not genuine". It takes a strong willed person to really pay attention to the actions they make and how it…