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- 16581: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- ... http://www.coloradohealthnet.org/COPD/facts5.html The COPD Library. 30 Jan. 1999. On-line. Internet. Available WWW: http://www.combivent.com/libry.htm#What Morris, James F., M.D. (1977). Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. New York, N.Y.: American Lung Association. Petty, Thomas L. (1985). Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. New York, N.Y.: Marcel Dekker, Inc. Sexton, Dorthy L. (1981). Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Care of the Child and Adult. St. Louis, Missouri: The C.V. Mosby Company.
- 16582: Gambling: Losing the Gamble
- ... in Nevada took off with California's population explosion in the fifties. Although having a lot of mob influences early on, by the late sixties corporate America was starting to take over and bring a new respectability to casino gaming. Today, gambling is more popular than ever before in history. What drives us to gamble when we are knowledgeable the odds are not in our favor? The voice in the back ... who was instrumental in bringing casino gambling to Atlantic City, says that this was the worse mistake I have ever made in thirty-eight years of running campaigns. We assumed they would create thousands of new jobs, revitalize the city, restore its economic strength and make Atlantic City a better place to live. . . . Within three years, the crime rate tripled, forty percent of local restaurants closed, homeless people increased by 2000 ...
- 16583: British Imperialism In America
- The Cuban Missile Crisis This Is probably the closest mankind has ever gotten to extinction. This was a time when tensions were at it's highest. For the first time in the history of the world, man could've made the earth look like an apple eaten down to the core. Of course I am talking about the one and only Cuban Missile Crisis. The U.S. was kicking the Soviet ... missiles, and all it would take is for that little finger to slip and press it accidentally (or intentionally), and we would all be dead. This is the first time that the fate of the world was held in the hands of two human beings. I wasn't alive then, but I can imagine the fear in people when they heard that there were nuclear missiles aimed at the U.S ...
- 16584: The Effect of the Greek Culture on Other Cultures
- ... think in a systemic manner and categorize things according to logic and reasoning rather than emotion and faith. Many groups of thinkers developed in Greek culture. One such group was the materialists. Materialists explain the world in terms of the elements of earth, wind, fire , and water. Herakleitos was a famous materialist. He concluded that a person cannot step in the same river twice because the water flows downstream and even ... follow the water downstream it would still be a different bank. Another group of thinkers that arose out of Greek culture are the atomists. The atomists, who were initially led by Democritus, believed that the world was made up of two basic elements, atoms and voids. Atomist theory had a great influence on the scientists who later developed the modern atomic theory. Pthyagorus, however, may be the most important thinker of ...
- 16585: A Rose For Emily -- Symbol Of The Past
- ... came the with the corresponding replacement of the townspeople. The newer generation, "with its more modern ideas....became the backbone and the spirit of the town." The long standing families moved out of Jefferson and new people moved in. They brought with them their own attitudes and novelties. This renovation caused some turmoil in the unchanging life of Emily. However, when Miss Emily finally was seen again, it was on the arm of one of these new people. Homer Barron, a Yankee, was the foreman of a construction company that entered Jefferson. The construction company, the "mules and machinery" they came with, and Homer himself symbolize the further encroachment of the present ...
- 16586: Buddhism 2
- ... Buddha taught people how to release themselves from this daily suffering. They learned that the pathway to self-righteousness was bordered with the release from suffering. Buddha s way of life has benefited the whole world because now people can choose to understand why we are suffering, and how we can be released from it. In the depths of India in C.563 b.c., a child was born. His parents ... enjoy doing. All life has a purpose, and in order to live life to the fullest, we must overcome craving, and start feeling compassion for one and all beings of the universe. If the whole world was run like the Buddha taught, there would be no wars. Everyone would live equally, and we would all share the meaning of absolute peacefulness.
- 16587: Buddhism 4
- ... in caves, and in the forest. Three thousand monks is a great number compared with less than 1000 at wat sanghathan. Even a congregation of 200 lay people is considered quite a number in todays world. In the early days of the order monks lived close to nature. The ordination did not require a meeting reviewing the rules, only the Buddha s words ehi Bhikkhu Upasampada ( Come, Monks! well taught is ... a religion man must revive its practice. Man usually takes the temple as the refuge for practice. It means we depend on material things, instead of the supreme spiritual beings. In conclusion in Buddhism the world is a sea of life and full of craving. Its the sea that we must pass through to achieve our higher selves. To be truly wise, a person must journey this sea and forgo all ...
- 16588: Misunderstanding Life
- ... my mother because Mrs. Kunkel was a nun before she was a principal and she wouldn't do anything to me. My mom came to talked next she told me the worst phrase in the world when it comes to my mother she said," I will see you when I get home". That was over and all I had now was Mr. Kunkel she made me feel so small that day ... I would never want discipline from her again. I learned a lesson that people are not always the way I think they are. I couldn't believe it I survived the worst punishment in the world I taught I went home and turned on the TV until my mom got home from work. When she got home she told me to go to bed, I went straight to my room and ...
- 16589: Biography: William Gibson (1914- )
- Biography: William Gibson (1914- ) Born in New York City on November 13, 1914, William Gibson studied at the College of the City of New York. His work was produced only by regional theatres until Two For the Seesaw opened on Broadway in 1958. The highly successful play was later made into a film and a musical called simply Seesaw ...
- 16590: A Separate Peace - Thematic Analysis
- ... unique is that in protesting war, Knowles never overtly referred to the blood and gore of war; he showed the consequences of war, some paralleling the nature of war and some simply laying out how World War II affected noncombatants thousand miles away. There have been many books written about war, what happens, why it happens, and why wars should stop. Knowles explains through the life of Finny why war never ... take charge. When Gene had the opportunity to get back at Finny, he did, which is so human it is disheartening. This tenet of our nature precludes, before it has even begun, the idea of world peace. Some country will always feel that another is stronger, or a threat, and initiate action. Another example of man's capacity for viciousness against his fellow is Leper's insanity. Leper, an outcast at ...
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