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- 401: Aboriginal Beliefs
- ... that the effusion of blood was regarded as serving the same function as menstruation, which in the female enabled her naturally to dispose of the evil that accumulate in the body. To continue the same effect, males periodically engage in incision of the penis and called it menstruation. Marriage arrangements were made when the children were very young and even before they were born. Girls were usually married (through a handing ... way they care for the land. They took care of the land in a number of different ways. One of the best-known practices was to regularly set fire to the land. This had the effect of removing and containing weeds and promoting new growth. Food taboos and totemism had the effect of protecting animal and other species because some people were not permitted to eat certain foods and a person could not always eat their own totem. This had the effect of providing a safe ...
- 402: The Right to Die
- ... Hippocratic oath is an oath that every doctor must take. The Hippocratic oath states "I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody if asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion to this effect"(Weir 5). Opponents agree it is all right for a doctor to opt to not resuscitate, or to cut off life support. However, they say it is not all right to chose to use PAS ... actually administers the lethal dose (Weir 86). Janet Adkins was the first of Dr. Jack Kevorkian's patients to go through PAS. In 1989, Adkins was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. The disease began to effect her mind and eventually she was helpless. She chose to contact Dr. Kevorkian in an attempt to die with dignity. Dr. Kevorkian hooked Adkins up intravenously to various lethal drugs and gave her close instructions ... patient. This similarity leads one to wonder-why one is legal and the other not? Obviously if people are not abusing the resuscitation rule, they will not violate the PAS law if it came into effect. Furthermore, a "Death with Dignity" law would effectively regulate PAS. In Oregon, the "Die with Dignity" law came into effect November 8, 1994 (Keown 245). The law has been effective in Oregon. PAS proponents ...
- 403: Nostradamus and a Grim Future
- ... Europe 3. The stage for the Antichrist is set C. The wargame mishap D. Alien crash resulting in plagues V. World War III A. Nuclear confrontation in the Middle East 1. Radioactive fallout and its effect 2. Political boundaries redrawn B. Current president's involvement in War C. New York bombing 1. U.S. spots a bomb sent by the Antichrist and his ally 2. France retaliates for the U.S ... not exactly a bomb, will be created that when set off, can disrupt the planetary climate. It will displace an airmass that will upset the balance of hot and cold, so that a green house effect will get out of balance and run to the extreme, causing drastic changes in the climate. This device will wreak havoc on agricultural production (Resten 67). The earth and the air will freeze as another effect of this atomic device. Many counter-measures to the devastating climatic effects will be pursued, but they will not succeed. Marc Hopkins brings up a good point that debunks Nostradamus and his connection of ...
- 404: Edgar Allen Poes Fall Of The H
- ... of the House of Usher In Edgar Allen Poe's, "Fall of the House of Usher", Poe utilizes life-like characteristics of a decaying house to give it an unnatural or supernatural atmosphere, and in effect bring it s inhabitants to their impending doom. From the beginning of the story, the house is given a supernatural and unusual atmosphere, Usher's house, its windows, bricks, and dungeon are all used to ... contributed, I know not how, to heighten the vague sentiments of which I have already spoken (719-720). While examining the interior of the room he becomes increasingly convinced that the house has some supernatural effect on the inhabitants of the home. I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow. An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded all (720). Upon reuniting with Roderick, the narrator ... terms to shadowy here to be restated and influence which some peculiarities in the mere form and substance of his family mansion, had, by dint of long sufferance, he said, obtained over his spirit an effect which the physique of the gray walls and turrets, and of the dim tarn into which they all looked down, had, at length, brought about upon the morale of his existence (721). Here he ...
- 405: The Canada Goose
- ... are first hatched they cannot recognize their parents nor can their parents recognize them and the goslings can become easily mixed up and follow a different set of parents (Wormer). Humans have had a strong effect on the population of the Canada Goose, good and bad effects. Agricultural waste water kills many geese each year another human waste that kills geese is when they ingest spent ammunition with gravel, the geese ... common than most people think (Wormer). Urban growth, industry and draining land for farming contribute to the four hundred thousand acres of wetland lost each year in the United States which has had a tremendous effect on some waterfowl, however this does not directly effect the Canada Goose's birth rate because most Canada Geese breed far enough north that they are isolated from progress (Breen). The disappearing of wetlands does effect them indirectly though because they are used ...
- 406: Black Ellk Spears
- ... actors who could depict the characters, not simply to people who were Indians. It would not be a play without actors portraying other people. I do not believe that there was a positive or negative effect on the performance due to casting. The actors learned to look and to act like Indians which is what characterization is all about. Another reason to cast Eurocentric actors is there are many characters in ... also helped in his characterization. It was shoulder length and a salt and pepper gray color. Custer’s costume was very effective in distinguishing his character. The lighting in the production had an overall positive effect. The dim lighting after the death of the Indians created a gloomy mood. This helped to make the audience feel sad about the massacres. The light in the teepee created a real life emotion. It ... and the camaraderie of the soldiers. The only sound used that did not impress me was the base drum. It seemed extremely loud and overpowering at times. It distracted me from the production’s overall effect. I believe that the production would have benefited from less use of the drum. Overall the production of Black Elk Speaks was very effective. I personally do not agree with the entire story line, ...
- 407: Chernobyl
- ... too late. The effects of radiation do not take a long time to occur. In adults, it is severe but not a severe as it is in children. In children, radiation sickness can and will effect the thyroid glands. This can lead to many different kinds of cancer and most likely more than one will effect the body at once. In adults, the effects of radiation can be cancerous, but the real issue is whether or not it will effect their DNA and thus effect the next generation. This issue is highly debated. Scientists are not sure whether or not radiation effects a persons DNA and causes mutations in the sperm and egg cells, ...
- 408: Alcohol An Issue Within Colleg
- ... by being away from home for the first time with a new found freedom to live as they please. College life is a new experience and the pressures that come along with it have an effect on a student s path to success. Unfortunately, alcohol is one of these pressures. Alcohol abuse is a major problem that many young men and women encounter throughout their college experience. Drinking on college campuses ... the thoughts and ideas of college administrators. It has been proven that this is a major problem, and it is worsening among the young men and women who attend our colleges. College drinking has an effect on not only the drinkers, but on their friends and classmates as well. How are non-drinking students affected by the presence of alcohol? Many are pressured to drink in order to fit in with ... It has been proven that drinking on campus has consequences for those who choose not drink as well. According to the Brown University Digest of Addiction Theory and Application, students who drink cause problems that effect other students who do not drink. Non-drinking students, at schools where drinking was common, reported having sleeping and study difficulties (68%) as well as having to console drunken students regularly (54%). Also, the ...
- 409: Persuasion 2
- ... are 1.) The communicator, 2.) The message content, 3.) How it is communicated, and 4.) The receiver of the message. The content of the message is important but also whoever gives the message has an effect on people¹s acceptance of it. The major determinant of the communicator¹s success are his/her perceived credibility and attractiveness. Credibility, or believability isdetermined by the communicator¹s appearance as an expert or as ... acceptance is effected by when it is heard and when the argument against that message is heard. Primacy affect states ³Other things being equal, information presented first usually has the most influence.²(1) The primacy effect works only when both messages are heard at once, with a period of time passing before responding. In a situation where a message is given followed by a lengthy period of time, and then the second message is given, the r recency effect. ³Information presented last sometimes has the most influence. Recency effects are less common than primacy effects.²(2) How the message is communicated, the third element to persuade, stresses the importance of message delivery. ³Communication ...
- 410: Mutations
- ... one codon. Mutations occur when one base is substituted for another or when one or more bases are inserted or deleted from a gene. Substitution mutations affect only one codon, and in most cases the effect is minimal. One reason is the redundancy of the genetic code mentioned above. Because many codons mean the same thing, the altered codon might still specify the same amino acid. Furthermore, even if a mutation ... causes a wrong amino acid to be inserted into a protein, the change might be harmless. Most proteins consist of scores of amino acids; a change in one of these may have little or no effect on the biological properties of the protein. Also, almost all higher organisms have two sets of genes--one inherited from each parent. In such organisms, a mutated gene may be recessive and have its effect canceled by a dominant gene. This is not to say that substitution mutations never produce serious consequences. The protein hemoglobin, an important component of red blood cells, is made up of hundreds of amino ...
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