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- 2891: Cyberspace Offers A Revolution
- ... as a global community, are growing at a super fast rate and communication is a vital tool that aids us in defeating the distance barrier. The Internet has started to change the way of the world during this decade. More homes, companies, and schools are getting hooked online with the Internet during the past few years (Malkin & Marine). Hence making it accessible to almost everyone and predominantly used in everyday life ... run by and governments or laws but contributed to by all the users within it and accessible to everyone. As it stands now, the Internet seem to be the only truly democratic society in the world. Cyberspace is a global community of people using computers in networks supported by the Internet. Over 17 million Web pages float throughout cyberspace (Malkin & Marine). Never before has information been so instant, and so global. The Internet supports many forms of relaying information and communicating. From sending electronic mail (e-mail), reading the works of Shakespear, instantly talking to people on the other side of the world just by typing, listening to music, ordering food & products, paying bills, reading newspapers, and so on, the internet offers a world of information available at the users fingertips. It is an elaborate source of ...
- 2892: Angina Pectoris
- ... people are gaining medical knowledge at quite a fast pace. Treatments, cures, and vaccines for various diseases and disorders are being developed constantly, and yet, coronary heart disease remains the number one killer in the world. The media today concentrates intensely on drug and alcohol abuse, homicides, AIDS and so on. What a lot of people are not realizing is that coronary heart disease actually accounts for about 80% of all ... more efficiently. In larger dose they also help lower the blood pressure. The drawback for calcium antagonists is that they tend to cause dizziness and fluid retention, resulting in swollen ankles. Other Medications There are new drugs being developed constantly. Pexid, for example, is useful if other drugs fail in severe angina attacks. However, it produces more side effects than others, such as pins and needles and numbness in limbs, muscle ... are unable to control the pain of angina attacks, surgery is considered. There are two types of surgical operation available: Coronary bypass and Angioplasty. The bypass surgery is the more common, while angioplasty is relatively new and is also a minor operation. Surgery is only a "last resort" to provide relief and should not be viewed as a permanent cure for the underlying disease, which can only be controlled by ...
- 2893: Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- ... Resistance in Bacteria For about 50 years, antibiotics have been the answer to many bacterial infections. Antibiotics are chemical substances that are secreted by living things. Doctors prescribed these medicines to cure many diseases. During World War II, it treated one of the biggest killers during wartime - infected wounds. It was the beginning of the antibiotic era. But just when antibiotics were being mass produced, bacteria started to evolve and became ... aureus. This bug is usually harmless but can cause an illness such as pneumonia. In 1967, another penicillin-resistant bacteria formed. It was called pneumococcus and it broke out in a small village in Papua New Guinea. Other penicillin resistant bacteria that formed are Enterococcus faecium and a new strain of gonorrhea. Antibiotic resistance can occur by a mutation of DNA in bacteria or DNA acquired from another bacteria that is drug-resistant through transformation. Penicillin-resistant bacteria can alter their cell walls ...
- 2894: History Of Greek Theater
- ... to others. As the Greeks grew toward city-states and colonization, it became the destiny and ambition of the hero to gain honor by serving his city. The second major characteristic of the early Greek world was the supernatural. The two worlds were not separate, as the gods lived in the same world as the men, and they interfered in the men's lives as they chose to. It was the gods who sent suffering and evil to men. In the plays of Sophocles, the gods brought about ... Athens, 535 BC, who created the first actor. The actor performed in intervals between the dancing of the chorus and conversing at times with the leader of the chorus. The tragedy was further developed when new myths became part of the performance, changing the nature of the chorus to a group appropriate to the individual story. A second actor was added by Aeschylus and a third actor was added by ...
- 2895: Symbolic Features Of Gi Joe Fi
- ... and situations they created ran their day and formed their thoughts of the ideal man. GI Joe s physical build was looked upon as the perfect male body, with a muscular, suave look and a brave and violent temperament. This stereotypical property is a downside to the figure since it molds the views of young children in this negative way. The GI Joe was a very important piece in many young ... and imagination, which is one of the most important factors that mold a child into a grown adult. GI Joes s symbolized the general census of the public that men should be physically strong and brave in physical encounters. Young boys saw the muscular build of the action figures and related that to the optimal shape that a man s body should be. GI Joe s are similar to Barbie dolls ... a young boy s belief of what the perfect man should look like. The same characteristic is true about the actions that GI Joe s were expected to carry out. GI Joe s were fearless, brave men whose mission in life was violence. When young boys played with these figures, this was usually the common role their concocted scenes would fall under. Violence and death, sounds like a pretty bad ...
- 2896: The Ebola Virus
- ... of Viron, Excerpt from virology Cd. Once the Virus partical enters the cell it uses the host cells DNA as material to construct replica ebola virus particals. This is known as a lytic cycle. The new particals form "inclution bodies": small sites where the individual particals grow. As the inclusion bodies grow and become more structured, the cell bursts and the viruses quickly find new cells to infect. This process is extremely rapid. Ebola is known for it's short incubation period of 2 to 21 days. The method of primary infection with the ebola virus in a natural is ... strand of Ebola is the Ebola Zaire virus. This strand of Ebola has the highest mortality rate of the filoviruses. At this time there is no cure for the Ebola virus. With the use of new technology such as recombinant DNA research, we are now able to see and begin to understand the molecular structure of Ebola and it's mutations. Virologist are hopeful that the details of virus replication ...
- 2897: Creative Writing: Under The Spell - A travel tale by Danny O'brien
- ... from that intersection. I say general direction, it may or may not be on the road that the sign points toward. Theoretically there will be a sign further down that road that points in the new general direction where that village may exist. Sometimes, but most times not. Sometimes there are miles indicated, sometimes not. It is a foregone conclusion that if you drive in Ireland you will experience adventure. It ... asked if they had brought employment. "Yes at first, but as soon as we want decent wages they leave." I understood, and became very sad, very angry. It is the way now all over the world. Large multinationals move into countries to take advantage of cheap labor. As soon as the standard of living rises and the local population asks for fair wages they pack up and leave for other third world country. The potato famine is not over yet. Then, Irish food was shipped to England while millions of Irish starved or had to leave their homes and country. The same wolf now lives in ...
- 2898: A Story About Seeing MxPx
- On November 13th I went to Tramps in New York to see one of my favorite bands, MxPx. MxPx is a Christian pop-punk band. Pop punk basically means happy punk. The band members, are Mike Herrera who plays bass and sings, Tom Wisniewski ... Politics". Some of the lyrics to this song are, "No I'm not mad but I think they forget what it's like and how hard it is to be a teenager. This is a new day and age, we read a different book where Elvis ain't the rage and polyester ain't the look." "...Is it time again to disagree about anything, everything and what's on TV it ... The second song they played was "I'm the Bad Guy". The first couple lines of state, "Legalistic people suck. Legalism makes me sick." Even though they openly bust on legalism, they also know the world has nothing to offer them but hurt and pain, while God is the only answer. Since they are a Christian punk band, of course they have to play religious songs. One really good song ...
- 2899: How Does Jane Eyre Fulfil Your
- ... to love this person. A prime example of this is the way St. Rivers tries to explain his reasons for marrying Jane, when proposing to her. Jane on the other hand is character in the new form. She uses her feelings and heart to try to find happiness, and in using that succeeds. Although she is a romantic heroine, she is not the ordinary type for a novel about romantic heroism ... a hero or heroine to oppose any dictator, such as Hitler, Saddam Hussein or even someone like John because they have the power to hurt you and this instills fear in you. Jane is extremely brave to make this statement. She heroically condemns John's treatment of her, by the words, and the way they are spoken. They show Jane has nothing but hate and resentment for John. It proves her resilience to us, that she knows she has no choice in the matter of taking this punishment, yet is still brave enough to stand up against her tormentor. Another act of heroism by Jane is when Mr Brocklehurst comes to Gateshead. Mrs Reed tells him to watch out for Jane, and to... "Guard against her ...
- 2900: P. T. Barnum
- ... good store. Although, sadly, in 1826 Barnum's father died. The fifteen year old was the family's only means of support. His father's store changed hands and he went to work for the new owner. Around this time Barnum met Charity Hollet. Charity and Barnum soon got married in 1829 when Barnum was 19. Charity was a devout Congregationalist. With his new bride beside him Barnum set out to make a name for him in business. Like his father he juggled several jobs. He bought his own store in Bethel, he started a newspaper, and he ran a lottery. Much to Charity's dismay Barnum adopted a new religion, Universalism, which offered what he called a more "cheerful" Christianity. Barnum was strongly opposed to the involvement of the Congregationalist church in local politics. In 1831 he used his newspaper to attack a ...
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