Fireground Safety: Rapid Intervention and Search Teams
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6 pages in length. Examines the use of rapid intervention teams and fire fighter assistant search teams in the safety of the fireground. Looks at the use by some cities of these teams and their help in ensuring the safety of civilian and firefighter alike. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: JGAffire.wps

Energy Sustainability: The Need for Alternative Energy Utilization
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A 10 page overview of the need for transitioning to a sustainable energy source and lifestyle. Emphasizes the environmental and economic costs of our overdependence on fossil fuels. Suggests nuclear energy is the most viable alternative energy source and discusses the obstacles which must be overcome to utilize that source.
Filename: PPenerSu.wps

The Internet, International Marketing And Pacific Bell
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A 12 page paper. Electronic commerce is growing exponentially. More than 2,000 businesses go online each month, yet, the one industry one would expect to find exploiting this medium - the telecommunications industry - has been the slowest to enter the medium. This paper discusses the telecommunications industry and electronic commerce, then, focuses on one company, Pacific Bell. The paper provides steps Pacific Bell must take to enter international marketing on the Internet and discusses the impact this venture would have on the company. Information is appropriate for any telecom company. Bibliography lists 18 sources.
Filename: PGpac.wps

The Effects Of New Technologies On The Global Economy
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A 10 page exploration of the effects of technology on the global economy. Emphasis is on communications technology and how it has the potential to either equalize the playing field in terms of national players or to allow the more technologically advanced nations to dominate world markets. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Globnew.wps

Review / Book Claims Technology Is The Root Of All Evil
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A 3 page essay on Jerry Mander's 'In The Absence of The Scared' -- a book that blames technology for many of society's modern-day problems. From listing the pollution and health-related aspects of computers, their overly quick-paced rate of change, and warping of our personal mental conception abilities to scrutinizing corporate behavior and socio-economical politics, the book paints a somewhat morbid picture of a cluttered and quite sloppy world which we have created through technology. Mander is particularly interested in the nature-conscious culture of Native Indians and urges us to follow their vanishing model. No other sources cited.
Filename: Sacred.wps

Pollution Control
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This 7 page paper discusses food, water and air pollution and its necessary control by private enterprise and government. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BBpollu.doc.

Technology Dependency: “The Machine Stops”
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A 10 page paper which examines technology dependency in the United States, based on, inspired by, themes presented in E.M. Forster’s story “The Machine Stops.” Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: RAtchhm.rtf

“Burning Chrome” by William Gibson
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A 5 page paper which examines the emotional and social realities found in the future of cyberspace as seen in William Gibson’s collection of short stories “Burning Chrome.” Bibliography lists 3 additional sources.
Filename: RAchrm.rtf

“Cloning Can Help Humans and Animals”
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A 7 page critique of the article “Cloning Can Help Humans and Animals” by authors Ian Wilmut, Keith Campbell, and Colin Tudge. These authors support the practice of cloning, contending that part of its positives impacts relate to the reduction of genetic drift in endangered animal populations. This paper notes that there are other considerations of cloning which must be made in regard to their impact on human populations. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPclone3.rtf