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- 2771: The United Nations
- ... decision. The Secretariat The Secretariat works for all the other organs of the UN and administers their programmes. Made up of a staff working at Headquarters and all over the world, it carries out the day-to-day work of the UN. At its head is the Secretary-General. Staff members are drawn from some 170 countries. WHAT THE UN DOES FOR PEACE . . . Throughout its 50 years of existence, a central purpose of ... religion, to work, to be educated, to take part in government, and many other rights. The Declaration was adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1948, a date commemorated every year as Human Rights Day. Two International Covenants one on economic, social and cultural rights and the other on civil and political rights which expand and make legally binding the rights set forth in the Declaration came into force ...
- 2772: TV Trash?
- ... our culture be defined by daytime TV? How is our culture defined? I will be looking at two essays with two different point of views on our culture. In “Announcing a Public Campaign Against Select Day-Time Television Talk Shows” William Bennett states that all day-time TV is to blame for our “cultural rot”. Bennett goes on to state that talk shows are nothing but trash and a big waist of time. For the most part I would have to ... the talk shows to blame for our so-called culture rot. Shouldn’t we look to point the finger at other television shows? Bennett would disagree, he states that “the worst of television is the day-time television talk shows” (29). His rightwing, conservative attitude would say that we should ban all daytime talk shows to eliminate the problem in our society. Now if this would happen it would be ...
- 2773: Hawks
- ... they have similar hunting habits and similar equipment for catching and killing - sharp, hooked beaks, and strong, sharp, curved toenails or talons. Owls are nocturnal for the most part and the others hunt during the day. Hawks evolved from raptors which also were birds of prey. Hawks evolved with eagles and falcons mainly but also with some other birds as well. Habitat and Biome Hawks live in all different habitats. Some ... going on. It also helps to have the nest high to keep predators away from the hawks young. Feeding and Defense Adaptations Hawks are not nocturnal, like the owl, but only come out during the day to hunt. What a hawk does to get food is to soar very high up in the sky peering down in the fields and grasslands looking for something to eat weather it be a mouse ... they have similar hunting habits and similar equipment for catching and killing - sharp, hooked beaks, and strong, sharp, curved toenails or talons. Owls are nocturnal for the most part and the others hunt during the day. Hawks evolved from raptors which also were birds of prey. Hawks evolved with eagles and falcons mainly but also with some other birds as well. Habitat and Biome Hawks live in all different habitats. ...
- 2774: Freya Goddess Of Love
- ... as jewels, whose joy was in all beautiful things" (Green 84). Freya was very popular for her beauty. She was loved and adored by many people. Men from every where desired and wanted her. One day a strange giant appeared in Asgard and offered to rebuild the wall that has been destroyed in the war between the Aesir and Vanir. In return Loki, the god who always knew when trouble was taking place, would give the giant the sun, the moon and the goddess Freya. Loki gave him from the first day of winter to the first day of summer to finish the wall or else he will not get his reward. The stranger asked if he could use his stallion to rebuild the wall and Loki agreed, not knowing that it ...
- 2775: Media and Society
- ... providing programs with violence, television has all but replaced written material. A lot of the material that can be seen on television is violence. Unfortunately, it is these violent programs that are endangering our present day society. Violent images on television, as well as in the movies, have inspired people to set spouses on fire in their beds, lie down in the middle of highways, extort money by placing bombs in ... be dependent on the parents to reduce the effect that media violence has on children, which can be done in so many different ways. First, parents should limit the amount of television children watch per day from the average 3 to 4 hours, which is double the amount of recommended hours, to 1 to 2 hours. Children are exposed to too much violence every day on television, mainly because parents see the TV as a convenient babysitter. By limiting the amount of time spent in front of the television, parents will compel their children to do something more productive ...
- 2776: Karl Marx 2
- ... was a happy and carefree one. His parents had a good relationship and it helps set Karl in the right direction. "His splendid natural gifts' awakened in his father the hope that they would one day be used in the service of humanity, whilst his mother declared him to be a child of fortune in whose hands everything would go well." (The story of his life, Mehring, page 2) In High ... Philosophies of Nature of Democrtius and Epicurus." (The Making of Marx's Critical Theory, Oakley, page 11) It had to do with the Greek philosopher Epicurus and how his beliefs related to Marxs' of that day. This thesis was an early indication of the thinking behind Karl Marx. Much of his later work and ideas are evident in this essay. He passed his thesis into the University of Jena because Bonn ... journal on his beliefs. It was evident in his works that he was a revolutionary that advocated criticism of everything in existence. The proletariat especially anticipated this. The proletariats were the working classes of the day. They were the poor and made up the majority of people. Marx went on to believe that the proletariat would rise up against the bourgeoisie. Then in 1844 Marx met a man that would ...
- 2777: Irish Potato Famine
- ... animal exports also continued: 32,833 oxen 583 calves 32,576 sheep and lambs 104,141 swine Ireland did not "starve for want of potatoes, it starved because its food, 30 to 40 shiploads per day, was removed at gunpoint by 200,000 British soldiers, organized into Food Removal Regiments!" At the time, Queen Victoria's economist, Nassau Senior expressed his fear that the genocide as planned: "Will kill only one ... result. Others could not leave, and ended up withering away with their families. All told the population of Ireland was reduced by half, from a thriving eight million to just over four million. To this day, the Irish have still not regained the population which they were once at. "The English administration of Ireland during the famine was a colossal crime against the human race." The English covered up a gross holocaust, and to this day the truth is not known to many. British apologists would do well to ponder the words of the great British writer William Makepiece Thackeray who characterized British colonialism in Ireland as follows: "…It is ...
- 2778: Christopher Reeve
- ... 25, 1952, native New Yorker Christopher Reeve has lead a life of stardom, coupled with a life of tragedy. Leading a very successful film career, Reeves was on top of the world, until the fifth day of May of nineteen ninety-five. On this day, Reeves life would change forever. However, no tragedy could stop a true Superman. Attending Princeton day academy Reeves was a success from the beginning. His natural talent and charisma made him a shoe-in for the lead in many school plays. Says Reeves "I never once asked my self, who ...
- 2779: Maurice Sendak
- ... clothes into the night kitchen where he encounters the three bakers. They first mistake Mickey for milk and throw him in their cake batter, but Mickey soon escapes, and in a messy escapade, saves the day by getting real milk in the batter. The story ends with Mickey falling back into bed. Dreams and imaginary worlds also heavily influence Sendak's writing, and are a recurring theme in many of his other works. Children exist in two worlds; reality and fantasy, according to Sendak. Reality is the boring, monotonous, day-to-day life. Fantasy is everything else: play, dreams, imagination, drawing, etc. This allows children to be who they want to be. Along with In The Night Kitchen, Sendak's most famous book Where The Wild ...
- 2780: Generations
- ... am I in B. Being part of generation X 1. Right to opinion 2. Freedoms 3. Attitude C. Different values of my generation II. Right to opinion A. Protests B. clothes C. opinions on life D. Rebellion against authority III. Freedom A. Ways of living B. Drugs C. music D. Rebellion against all authority IV. Attitude A. Attitude towards people B. Attitude towards government C. Attitude towards family D. Against All V. Generations are the same but different A. Many people consider themselves part of a generation B. My generations have values C. Our values lead to right to opinion D. Rights to ...
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