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- 3201: Homosexuals: A Suspect Class?
- ... as such. In recent years, however, startling new research has indicated that homosexuality is possibly inherited and determined by chromosomes. A 1992 study directed by neuroscientist Simon LeVay showed that a tiny area believed to control sexual activity known as the hypothalamus was less than half the size in gay men as in heterosexual men. This study raises an interesting question: If homosexuality is hereditary, is there any basis for societal ... the homosexual. The New Catholic Encyclopedia expresses my sentiments exactly: It should be stressed that a homosexual is just as pleasing to God as a heterosexual, as long as he makes a sincere effort to control his [homosexuality] with the help of grace. Although the individual may feel certain that his inversion is so deep that he cannot redirect his tendencies, he must accept them and seek to fulfill some purpose ...
- 3202: Dystopia in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World
- ... called Brave New World Revisited that was written in 1950 Aldous Huxley brings forward the issues he had begun to express in the novel in which the essays' name had been derived from. Overpopulation, mind control, and environmental destruction were the focuses in the novel. These topics were looked upon by Aldous as problems. They were dilemmas that Huxley "foretold" of the future. This essay is interesting because of the many ... when we find out that the controller along with the other 6 controllers have gone into the forbidden books and read them. This fact is showing that even the commanders of the new world cannot control their interest for history and Shakespeare. They preach and condemn those who do not follow their preachings; yet, they are hypocrites of their own beliefs. In conclusion, this paper has proven that in Aldous Huxley ...
- 3203: Effects of Youth Crime
- ... and starts to race down the hall toward his third period class. The second kid takes this the wrong way and pulls out a handgun, the crowd around him quickly disperses as they see the gun. He aims his gun at the first kid and says take this you punk! He quickly pulls the trigger several times, the bullets tearing through the first's body. He falls to the ground, dead. Things like this happen ...
- 3204: Medical Uses Of Marijuana
- Medical Uses Of Marijuana For several decades, researchers have sought to determine whether marijuana has legitimate medical uses, and narcotics control agencies have discouraged them from finding out. Now a new round of federally funded research may provide some answers-or will it? The latest skirmish between scientists and police comes on the heels of two ... use of marijuana. But since it remains a federal crime to grow, sell, or prescribe cannabis, the referenda have created only a legal morass. Barry McCaffrey, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, derided the propositions as "hoax referendums," and insisted that voters had been "duped" by deceitful ad campaigns whose real intent was to legalize drugs. Attorney General Janet Reno announced that prescribing or recommending marijuana ...
- 3205: Homeopathic Remedies
- ... may be. Prevention is the best cure. Health is also the patients responsibility, and lifestyle plays a large role in one's health. Doctor as teacher. The doctor should teach his patients how to take control of their own health (Collinge, pg. 100-101). Treatments often include the use of a wide range of herbs, which may be plant, mineral, or animal products. Another commonly used practice, which is unique it ... of these practices is often questioned by orthodox medicine. One runs into many problems testing alternative medical practices. All of the forementioned fields tailor treatment to the individual patient. This makes it hard to create control groups and placebos that will not throw off the results of studies. Acupuncture, specifically, is hard to test because of the placebo factor of testing. Naturopathy has a great deal of evidential support from indirect ...
- 3206: Windows 95 the O/S of the Future
- ... the program will be performed within it. At any time the window can be shrunk back down into an icon, or made to fit the entire screen. For all essential purposes the user has complete control over his windows. Since more than one window can be open at a time, the user can work with more than one program. Being able to work with more than one program brings out other ... which button is for which program. Clicking once on the button will switch to the program represented, which makes it easier to switch between more than one program. This just about gives the user total control over his computer, which is what most users want. The ease of use is what makes Windows 95 appealing to the modern computer user. In time Microsoft will improve on the reliability of Windows 95 ...
- 3207: Machiavelli - Human Nature
- ... become the center of intellectual, artistic and cultural development, Machiavelli did not feel these qualities would help in securing Italy's political future. His opinion was that Italy required a leader who could have complete control over Italy's citizens and institutions. One way of maintaining control of was to institute a secular form of government. This would allow the prince to govern without being morally bound. Machiavelli's view of human nature was not in accord to that of humanists who ...
- 3208: Sexual Behaviour As The Means
- ... Party was to remove all pleasure from the sexual act (60). Sexual intercourse as Winston sees it is looked on as a disgusting operation (61) by the Party members. The Party felt that they must control all emotions people feel, and lust and love are emotions they tried their hardest to control. Junior anti-sex Leagues (61) were created to complete celibacy for both sexes. All children were created through artificial insemination and brought up in public institutions (61) . Sex was thought of as so dirty that ...
- 3209: Linux Against Microsoft Windows
- ... translate high-level language into a machine language that a computer can understand and execute.Linux has the free C compilers so you can develop C programs on Linux platform. C allows you to get control of computer hardware and peripherals. It is the reason that Linux and Linux software developed by C language. Many other high-level programming languages developed based on C.C++ language is an expanded version of ... way of coding mathematical formulas thar had previously been available.It was named FORTRAN, taken from the first few letters of the words Formula Translation . FORTRAN 77 supported CHARACTER data type, the IF THEN ELSE control construct and standardized I/O(Input/output) facilities.When more powerful languages become popular, FORTRAN 77 was improved to FORTRAN 90. FORTRAN is used by many of the engineers and scientists. It can be available ...
- 3210: Global Positioning Systems
- ... listening for matches in the background noise. Once it has enough matches to recognize the satellite's transmission, it drags the signal out of the background muck and locks onto the signal using Automatic Gain Control (AGC) circuits. When three satellites are locked up, navigation can begin. This is why a receiver can get by with a very small, relatively non-directional antenna. The new handheld GPS units have antennas that ... works very well indeed. But it takes a whole lot of effort and money to keep it working. The GPS system consists of three major parts: the user segment (that's us), the ground or control segment (the DOD geeks who run the thing) and the space segment. The space segment will eventually be composed of 21 satellites, with three in-orbit spares. Right now, as this is being written in ...
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