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- 531: Sleep Apnea
- ... at all? Why can't we just stay awake? Some biologist suggest that sleep provides the opportunity to conduct self-repair and purge the body of it's waste that has built up during the day's activity. Nevertheless, the body is capable of repairing itself and disposing of wastes during waking hours, so sleep in a way really isn't necessary for routine maintenance (e.g., urinating, etc.). Dr. Quentin ... progesterone stimulates respiration and therefore may help prevent breathing problems. In the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study, the researchers noted a strong link between smoking and sleep apnea. Smokers that smoked 40 or more cigarettes a day had the greatest risk of developing sleep apnea then patients who had never smoked. The medical community has yet to fully understand the intra play of factors producing the sleep apnea syndrome. Sleep affects psychological ... to prognosis themselves as to why they are having trouble sleeping. Researchers urge patients with a unbalanced sleep pattern to seek professional help. "Five billion people go through the cycle of sleep and wakefulness every day, and relatively few of them know the joy of being fully rested and fully alert all day long." - William Dement (1988) References Arthur J. Speilman, Phd.D., and Paul B. Glovinsky, Ph.D. - Department ...
- 532: The Bay of Pigs Invasion
- ... m. and the other at Miami International Airport at 8:20 a.m. Both planes were badly damaged and their tanks were nearly empty. On the front page of The New York Times the next day, a picture of one of the B-26s was shown along with a picture of one of the pilots cloaked in a baseball hat and hiding behind dark sunglasses, his name was withheld. A sense ... of Law, United Fruit began to lobby the government of the United States to take action. In the government they had some very powerful supporters. Among them were Foster Dulles, Secretary of State who ha d once been their lawyer, his brother Allen the Director of Central Intelligence who was a share holder, and Robert Cutler head of the National Security Council. In what was a clear conflict of interest, the ... the B-26 with "FAR" markings [Cuban Air Force], the agency overlooked a crucial detail that was spotted immediately by professional observers . . . . All Castro's people had to do was read the newspapers and they'd know that something was going to happen, that those planes that had bombed them were not their own but American. In The New York Times of the 21st of April, stories about the origins ...
- 533: A Look At Animal Testing
- ... and wants to take over the world while the other is clearly not as smart. While the cartoon makes jokes, the reality is that mice and other animals re being used for medical tests every day. For some people this testing brings up ethical questions. One of the biggest questions: is it really necessary to take the lives of animals in the name of science and for the betterment of humanity ... leave the animal permanently damaged, euthanasia must be administered before the anesthetic wears off (United States Department of Agriculture 48). For humans this topic is still being debated, but animals are put to sleep every day when an owner or veterinarian decides the quality of the animal's life will be too low for it to go on living. These few but important changes in animal research legislation have aided in ... used in the cosmetic industry, which has all but ceased animal testing. One problem with the false skin however is that it can only be exposed to water-soluble chemicals or it suffers extreme damage (D.E. 168). Furthermore, it currently contains no melanocytes, the chemicals that give skin its color, or immune cells (D.E. 168). It is not known how or if these substances effect any laboratory setting, ...
- 534: James Earl Jones: A Voice in the Crowd
- ... Mississippi Delta when he was an infant. Raised for the rest of his young life by his maternal grandparents, James Earl developed a close relationship with the Connollys. AMaggie and John Henry were always there, day by day, and they became for me, once and for all, my mama and my papa@ (18) . Less than three years later, the Connollys moved to Dublin Michigan where James Earl and his >brother= Randy grew up in a remodelled chicken barn. His early school life had a great impact on his style of speech and diction. AOn my first day at school, I could not believe my ears,@ recalls Jones, AThey called me James Earrrrl instead of James Uhl, as it had sounded in the South@(40). After the initial shock of hearing Northern ...
- 535: Star Trek - The Next Generation
- Star Trek - The Next Generation Star date: 41176.8 Captain's log. This is my (Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the U.S.S. Enterprise #NCC-17O1 D) account of the events leading up to and beyond the Federation and Romulan war (2380-2385 AD). Star date: 32851.2: The Enterprise received a distressed call from a fleeing scout ship. SOS... I am ... joined a Federation battle fleet. We are going to Romulus in hopes of destroying the Metagenic Device. Regrettably history showed us as being the aggressor of this war. Star date: 32857.5: After a two-day campaign, we where victorious at Romulus. With a loss of only 1 ship out of 6, that's not too bad. But we lost over 1,000 lives, the Yorktown, and even with the victory ... 6 months since my initial encounter with Captain Shaq. We now have the controlling power in the quadrant, and we are able to keep control of the quadrant with the help of our new starbase D.R.S.6- -DEEP IN ROMULAN SPACE IN 6 MONTHS. With an up and running starbase that has a fleet of 10 ships, if the Romulans want us out of here they are going ...
- 536: K.k.k.
- ... individuals and also struck a cord within the realm of politics. Also, the second Klan made its way into the North and was even quite popular in Michigan, particularly in Detroit, Lansing and Kalamazoo. Director D. W. Griffith helped to ignite the start of the Ku Klux Klan with his 1915 film, The Birth of a Nation. Inspired by Thomas Dixon's novel, the Clansmen, it portrayed the KKK as the ... lightning." With the President's support The Birth of a Nation opened to audiences around the country in March of 1915 and ran for 47 straight weeks including 280 sold out shows in New York. D.W. Griffith's film spawned a new generation of the KKK. William Simmons was the first to seize upon the white supremacist feeling that swept the nation. On Thanksgiving night in 1915, Simmons and some ... from local authorities who often turned their heads. In resistance to their critics, the Klan often demonstrated openly. On November 6, 1923 they placed a burning cross directly in front of city hall on election day. Also, on December 24, 1923, a six-foot cross was put on the steps of the County Building along with a rally. A masked Santa Claus led the group of 4,000 in the ...
- 537: Industrial Revolution 3
- ... were still improving the steam engine. But there French and German counterparts were short of steam coal so they turned there attention to gas. A Frenchman ETIENE LENOIR made the first internal combustion engine. Cont’d After the first oil wells were sunk in America it was possible to use petrol vapour instead of gas. In about 1885 two Germans KARL BENZ and GOTTLEIB DAIMLER fitted such an engine to a ... which spurred on the industrialisation of our nation. Emergence of New Crafts, Skills, And Professions in Engineering. With the onset of the Industrial Revolution new industries created the needs for new skills, workers of the day had to adapt and train to the new methods and working patterns. One of the greatest engineers of the Industrial Revolution was ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL (1803-1859). He designed and oversaw the building of the ... industry by two great engineers BOULTON and WATT, they combined the precision skills of the watch and clockmakers (These highly skilled craftsmen worked with brass in almost microscopic detail.) with the skills of millwrights. Cont’d BOULTON and WATT created the jobs of fitters to enable the production of their engines. In 1812 the development of the machine tool industry was particularly associated with HENRY MAUDSLEY and his invention of ...
- 538: The History Of Greek Theater
- ... the end of March. The Proceeding began with the procession of choruses and actors of the three competing poets. A herald then announced the poet’s names and the titles of their plays. On this day it was likely that the image of Dionysus was taken in a procession from his temple beside the theater to a point near the road he had once taken to reach Athens from the north, then it was brought back by torch light, amid a carnival celebration, to the theater itself, where his priest occupied the central seat of honor during the performances. On the first day of the festival there were contests between the choruses, five of men and five of boys. Each chorus consisted of fifty men or boys. On the next three days, a “tragic tetralogy” (group made up ... New York: The Viking Press, 1967. 2. McAvoy, William, Dramatic Tragedy, New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1971. 3. Murray, Gilbert, Euripides and His Age, New York: Oxford University Press, 1955. 4. Reinhold, Meyer, Ph.D., Essentials of Greek and Roman Classics, New York: Barron’s Educational Series, Inc., 1960. 5. Trawick, Buckner B., World Literature, Volume I: Greek, Roman, Oriental and Medieval William McAvoy, Dramatic Tragedy, 1971, p. ix ...
- 539: Catcher In The Rye: Holden A Victim of Society
- ... created a literary masterpiece by fabricating the adolescent Holden Caulfield into a victim of society. This modernistic category of hero delights nearly all modern English literature supporters. Holden Caulfield explains to his psychoanalyst a four-day flashback in the manner a of a "confession" throughout The Catcher in the Rye. The narrative commences as Holden fails another private school and prepares to leave Pencey Prep. The mission of informing his parents ... driver, Horowitz, responds quite dramatically compared to the previous man. Horowitz directs a heated series of comments to Holden pertaining to the ducks as well as fish. " Listen...if you was a fish, Mother Nature'd take care of you, wouldn't she? Right? You don't think them fish just die when it gets to be winter, do ya? You're...right they don't..." (p. 83) This illegitimate question ... American movie, yet he acquires the time to view a motion picture. He concludes "...a people stupefied by the fugitive, epidermal pleasures of the movie, obtained without the slightest intellectual or aesthetic effort, will one day find itself incapable of any sustained endeavor, a protoplasmic mass unequal to any disciplined mental activity." (p. 115) The incessant melancholy and perpetual lying designates Holden as an insecure individual. When Holden ends his ...
- 540: Return To Babylon Analysis
- Return to Babylon essay He would come back some day; they couldn t make him pay forever. But he wanted his child, and nothing was much good now, beside that fact. He wasn t young any more, with a lot of nice thoughts and dreams ... Honoria, he still might not be responsible enough to take care of her. I think that Marion just does not want Charlie to make the same mistake again and bring Honoria down with him. Every day Charlie has regretted his past and everyday he tries to redeem himself by working hard. However, as I look at the situation he was in, I notice that his actions were not all his fault ... dealt with it in a way many people might have. When I consented to the guardianship, I was flat on my back in a sanitarium and the market had cleaned me out. I knew I d acted badly, and I thought if it would bring any peace to Helen, I d agree to anything. But now it s different. I m functioning, I m behaving damn well Looking at what ...
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