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.

Does Technology Yield More Harm or More Good in Our Lives?
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A 6 page paper discussing some of technology’s potentials for both good and ill, and some manifestations of each already witnessed. In either view, technology itself is neutral and is neither good nor bad. It is our use that determines the worth of it, and only we can determine whether that use will be beneficial or for harm. In what can be accomplished through its application, the ultimate conclusion is that its benefits far outweigh its potential for and history of abuse. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Gtechb.wps

Electronic Media Analyzed
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A 3 page paper which defines electronic media, explains its importance and effect on society, and its repercussions. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Elecmed2.wps

Surveillance and Privacy
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This 6 page paper examines the The scientific and technological controversy of surveillance and privacy. Social control and related theories are included. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Survpriv.wps

Technological Determinism
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This 11 page paper explores the theory of technological determinism and finds support in three articles. The focus is on economic ramifications. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Techdet.wps

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

"Commodifying Bodies" - Man, Machines And Body Parts
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8 pages in length. The writer discusses cyborgs and organ donation/harvesting as they relate to the Scheper-Huges and Wacquant book entitled Commodifying Bodies. No bibliography.
Filename: TLCManMach.rtf