College athletics in the United States refers primarily to sports and athletic competition organized and funded by institutions of tertiary education (universities‚ or colleges in American English). In the United States‚ college athletics is a two-tiered system.[1] The first tier includes the sports that are sanctioned by one of the collegiate sport governing bodies. The major sanctioning organizations include the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)‚ the National Association of Intercollegiate
Premium National Collegiate Athletic Association College athletics
Man’s Best Test Subject “All living beings have an inherent value and that to use any animals for experimentation is evil” (Mur 8). This statement made by Tom Regan in Animal Experimentation takes a strong stand on the controversial topic of animal testing‚ but this assertion is justified through various examples and research. He also states how humans‚ or moral agents‚ are able to apply moral principles in decision making. Because of this ability‚ humans have a duty to uphold that morality
Premium Science Morality Animal rights
Citations: Amherst. (2005). Special Acai Report . Retrieved from http://www3.amherst.edu/~dmirwin/AcaiReport.html Drake‚ J. A. (2011). E-zine Articles. E-zine. Retrieved from http://ezinearticles.com/?Acai-Berry-and-the-Benefits-to-Your-Skin&id=1948689 University of
Premium Fruit Antioxidant Vitamin C
Daniel Duranceau Econ 1 Wegman 29 September 2012 The Federal Reserve System of the United States There are seven members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. Dr. Ben S. Bernanke (chairman) was born in December 1953 (age 59) in Augusta‚ Georgia‚ and grew up in Dillon‚ South Carolina. He received a B.A. in economics in 1975 from Harvard University (summa cum laude) and a Ph.D. in economics in 1979 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ben S. Bernanke began a second term
Premium Bill Clinton Federal Reserve System Barack Obama
Everyone was scared of Blackbeard but why wasn’t anyone scared of Lord amherst‚ who put small pox into Indians blankets. The image Blackbeard created is something that we think is something interesting and how the reputation he has is cool‚ and that many people think that he’s not evil. “Personally‚ I have immense respect for
Premium Morality The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
CJ Baker Becoming a Humorous Non Fiction Writer Erma Bombeck was an ordinary woman (by her own admission) but could put out a great one liner. “When I stand before God at the end of my life‚ I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left‚ and could say‚ ‘I used everything you gave me.’” She started implementing her skill for words while in junior high‚ high school‚ and college by writing for the school newsletters and graduated to writing a humorous column for her local newspaper
Premium Writing Journalism Bill Clinton
On November 14th‚ 2009‚ Canada’s first openly gay Catholic priest‚ Father Karl Clemens‚ married his long time partner in Toronto‚ Ontario. Clemens‚ who is close to seventy‚ retired from the Kingston‚ Ontario diocese after 33 years of service and moved to Toronto to advocate for the city’s gay village. Clemens stated that he was as prepared to handle the inevitable backlash from the Church and some of its followers as he was when he declared his sexual orientation in 2005‚ and strongly believes that
Premium Homosexuality Sexual orientation Pope John Paul II
Marketing to LGBT Consumers: Is the Gay Market Worth the Hype and if so How Best to Reach As a gay man who began the journey of self-identifying as such in 1993‚ I have observed over the past two decades a seismic shift in how the marketplace approaches gay consumers. At first blush‚ given the historical marginalization of homosexuals‚ I ask myself what makes the gay market (the preferred term used by the marketing industry to reference what call LGBT or GLBT representing Lesbian‚ Gay‚ Bisexual
Premium LGBT Homosexuality Gay
Robert Frost One can only marvel at the grandeur of nature and its influence upon every aspect of the universe. The irony is that nature wears many different masks‚ for at times nature is kind‚ gentle‚ and giving; while‚ in an instant‚ it can turn harsh‚ unforgiving‚ and unrelenting. One phenomenon that is certain‚ though‚ is that nature is continually teaching new and old lessons with regard to life and survival. Robert Frost was an extremely insightful man who recognized the lessons of nature
Premium Robert Frost Robert E. Lee
Background document for the Fourth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health‚ 23-25 June 2004‚ Geneva. Rogers A‚ Manwell J & Wright S. (2006): Wind Turbine Acoustic Noise. Renewable Energy Research Laboratory‚ University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Wind Turbine Design: With Emphasis on Darrieus Concept by Ion Paraschivoiu
Premium Renewable energy Wind power Fossil fuel