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Deep in the mountains of Anderson County, Tennessee you will find a dying coal mining community. A community that was once full of joyous people who lived simple. There were six days of hard labor and then a day of rest. The people who lived here believed in work. They were hard working people who were not afraid to get their hands dirty, but in most cases, their lungs. “Coal mining, beginning in the 1870s, for a time was the major employer in the Triangle area.” (Devil’s Triangle) Most men in…

Routing out the Rote Physicists have one of the best jobs in the entire industry of science: they boast a low unemployment rate of 4.5% (Shaugnessy 1); and their median employment salary is $106,840 (19-2012 Physicists 1) which is more than twice the national average (Social Security 1). That could all change if the next generation loses interest in physics. Although physicists have been directly linked to the discovery or invention of " the transistor, the laser, splitting the atom, TV and…

once we grow up. It either becomes a reality or just dream. Many of Brontë’s writings are about her imaginary adventures that she created along with her sisters, Charlotte and Anne also famous writers. Emily Brontë was born on July 30, 1818, in Thornton, Yorkshire,…

Bruce Wayne Barraclough, Jr., is the founder and director of a team that, like many, have been called to St. Albans Sanatorium to make a connection with the immortal spirits that walk within her walls. Upon his arrival, he felt so connected to the ethereal essence of the asylum, that he and his team later went on to develop an event designed for the sole purpose of helping to reconstruct the wood, stone, and rock of the sanatorium back into its original form. “Paranormal Restore was…

Failures of No Child Left Behind Act Education should be personalized and not standardized. Today’s education is build on the principles of the Industrial Revolution, which focused on creating and producing identical “consumer” products cheaply and ensuring quality control. This is why the No Child Left Behind Act is detrimental to our education system today. It has handed education into the hands of the federal government. The government has taken great management over the education and is…

additional support, such as those diagnosed with a specific learning disability or SLD, are taught aspects of the lesson including key terms or concepts in advance of the other students, usually in a small group setting by a special education teacher (Thornton et. al, 2015). Cooperative learning is highly structured group work. For the purpose of this paper, cooperative learning will refer to specifically structured groups that are intentionally created by a classroom teacher with regard to…

Throughout the novel, Chopin uses imagery to show that society is oppressive. Two of the most important images that Chopin uses repeatedly throughout the course of the novel is the image of the sea and the image of birds. The imagery of the sea is repeated in The Awakening and comes to be a major symbol of Edna awakening. “The sea is a symbol of Edna's subconscious” (Anastasopoulou 23). The first time that she manages to swim on her own, is used by Chopin to represent the first major step that…

The Bridge of San Luis Rey, by Thornton Wilder, begins with its focus on a bridge in Peru spanning between Lima and Cuzco. This specific bridge was beautiful and thought to be indestructible. The bridge of San Luis Rey collapsed suddenly, taking five people down with it. This troubled the locals and caught the attention of an Italian monk, Brother Juniper. This man had dedicated his life to using science and reason to prove God’s justice. Brother Juniper said, “But this collapse of the bridge of…

Introduction The American Holistic Nurses Association or AHNA (2014) states that Florence Nightingale, who subscribed to the philosophy that care focused on unity, wellness and the interaction between human beings and their environment, is widely considered as one of the pioneer holistic nurses. But what exactly is holistic nursing? Is its definition and application different from how Nightingale understood and practiced it? As the AHNA (2014) continues to afford, holistic nursing can be…

The effect that media has on viewers is a topic of great debate and concern in communities all over the world. There has been much research and endless debate surrounding the impact violence in media has had on the viewing public, especially when considering films. This research has produced countless theories and approaches in the attempt to explain what exactly happens to viewers when they watch these violent programs. While there are many debates and approaches surrounding the effects of…