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- 361: Jurassic Park
- ... disorder in a persons’ life, can change the out come that the parents predicted for it. This is what went wrong with the creation of the dinosaurs; the tried to predict the simple system and control nature and it back fired. Malcolm brings up the point of intelligence. Intelligence is brought out through experiences in life, it also comes about through schooling and any other natural process of learning. Intelligence on ... with. It is the intelligence that is programmed into machines and other computer like systems. Science claims it is seeking the truth. Malcolm claims that science is lying. Science is really seeking a way to control nature. Science is always trying to find a way to make nature predictable, and control her every move. As seen through many past experiences when mankind tries to control nature, she upsets us and has a kind of kick back. Unfortunately when nature proves to us that we are ...
- 362: Asthma And How Medication Allows For Increased Performance
- ... a case study to prove that asthma negatively affects performance, and an assessment of how medication when taken as prescribed will improve a person's performance. There are many medications that can be taken to control the onset of asthma attacks. Anti-inflammatory drugs such as steroids, steroid inhalers, and steroid tablets are used as perverters and controllers of asthma. These drugs reduce the inflamation in the airways and reduce the ... has caffeine included ingredients. This drug can only be taken in tablet form. It is not known exactly how Theophylline works however, because a long-lasting tablet is available, one dose should be enough to control a person's asthma throughout an entire day. There are however better medications available to control asthma rather than just relieving attacks; Anticholinergics, are compounds they work by blocking the effects of certain nerves which cause narrowing of the air passages by producing contractions of airway muscles.2. Cromolyn (also ...
- 363: Lives of Dystopia Can Be Changed
- ... example showing her rebellious attitude against authority and the rules. Smoking and drinking coffee by the Handmaids was completely forbidden at this time. By secretly doing this, it shows that she is trying to regain control over her life even though the consequences for those actions could be fatal. Another example of Winston’s rebelliousness in on page 89. A girl, who we later find out is Julia, puts a note ... she reported him, he would be in trouble, and yet, she doesn’t report him. She turns her head and pretends that nothing happened. Again, this shows her need to keep secrets to gain some control and independence in her life. She is being independent by doing something that the other Handmaids would not have done, so this makes her feel like she is gaining control. These examples show how simple things, such as insignificant secrets, can make Winston and Offred feel in control of their lives. They both continue to do simple little things like this until they feel ...
- 364: Morocco
- ... ruled, in turn, by the Romans, Vandals, and Byzantines. During the 680's, Arabs from the Arabian Peninsula invaded Morocco. Many Hispanics adopted the religion of the Arabs, Islam. But they resented the Arabs' political control. In the late 700's, an Arab leader named Idris ibn Abdallah united the region's Spanish and Arabs under his rule, thereby creating the first Moroccan state. He also founded the Idrisid dynasty (series ... families of sharifs helped lead Moroccans' opposition to the Christian seizures of their territory. Sharifs were descendants of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. In the mid-1500's, a sharifian family named the Saadians gained control of Morocco and founded a dynasty that ruled until the mid-1600's. Since then, the Alawis, another sharifian family, have been Morocco's reigning dynasty. Through treaties and military victories, France and Spain established control over the economic and political affairs of Morocco by the early 1900's. Sultan Hassan I, who ruled from 1873 to 1894, had tried to modernize Morocco's government and its army. But the ...
- 365: Euthanasia And Suicide
- ... public health care. These limits raise ethical questions about the type and extent of medical services available to people who depend on public funds to pay medical bills. Other problems involving public policy include the control of medical research, the question of whether all citizens have a right to health care, and the availability of drugs for severe illnesses, such as AIDS. Biomedical ethics addresses moral questions that arise from the ... cited reason for ending the lives of patients without their consent was low quality of life, and the family couldn’t take it anymore. Doctors in Holland have also been found to provide inadequate pain control and comfort care that could reduce the need for euthanasia, and they falsify death records to avoid paperwork or scrutiny from local authorities (Medical Decisions About the End of Life). The legalization of euthanasia also ... at home. Staff members visit the family regularly and are available at all times for emergencies. They try to provide what the patient and family need. Such hospice services may include nursing care and pain control, meal preparation, laundry, or shopping. Hospice staff members are also available to sit with the patient while family members rest. After the death of the patient, emotional support is provided for the family. Hospice ...
- 366: Weapons of World War 1
- ... expanded shiping distribution had a powerful influence on the development of weapons. The navy was the first to make use of the improved weapons. Breech loading firearms increased firepower, and the invention of repeating hand gun, rifle, and early machine gun increased the volume of small arms fire. Two completely new weapons for the navy evolved. The underwater mine and the self-propelled torpedo. The naval mines were round or cylinder steel cases that contained about ... sea power with a large ocean-going submarine fleet. For grater distance on the sea, the Germans used diesel engines for surface cruising and equipped their U- boats with at least one medium-caliber deck gun. Later U-boats were also equipped to lay underwater minefields. Allied vessels had no reliable way of detecting submarines underwater, and by 1918 U-boats had sunk more than 11 million tons of shipping. ...
- 367: Impact of the Spanish American War
- ... did not secured any foreign lands that it could exploit. Pushed by the need for profit, the US started looking at its neighboring countries for new costumes. Sadly, most of these countries were under Spanish control. One of them was Cuba. Soon the US politicians realized that the only way of getting control of its neighbors was by taking it in the most common, human way, which is through war. However, because the memory of the words of some great US presidents was still strong in the nation's mind, the US government could not just start a war for territorial control. By doing so the US risked being labeled as a hypocrite nation, for the US itself used to be a colony. But the politicians, and the business owners did not give up their domination ...
- 368: The Need For Peace In The Midd
- ... East has been going on for decades. It all started in 1948 when Israel declared its independence and fought Arab nations to secure it. However, the Arabs were left unsatisfied while the Israelis wanted more control over land. In 1967, the ‘six-day war’ erupted, resulting with Israel seizing the West Bank, Gaza, Sinai, East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights. The war left the situation unchanged and the Arabs and Israelis ... the holy city for Jews, Muslims, and Christians. Jerusalem is the sticking point of the peace summit and is the most difficult issue as it is virtually impossible to please both sides. Presently, Israel has control over the city. Israel insists on retaining sovereignty over the “eternal” city and hopes a deal will win world recognition of that right. Palestinians, on the other hand, wish to reclaim east Jerusalem for the ... share sovereignty. This issue should be resolved by making Jerusalem ‘no man’s land’. Jerusalem should be governed by an independent, neutral third party. Palestinians and Israelis would share it, as neither party would have control. If the Christians can share it with the Jews and Arabs, why can’t the Jews and Arabs share with each other? The creation of a Palestinian state is one of the main issues ...
- 369: Abuse of Power within A Clockwork Orange
- Abuse of Power within A Clockwork Orange The choice between good and evil is a decision every man must make throughout his life in order to guide his actions and control his future. This element of choice, no matter what the outcome, displays man's power as an individual. Any efforts to control or influence this choice between good and evil will in turn govern man's free will and enslave him. In the novel A Clockwork Orange, the author uses symbolism through imagery, the characterization of Alex ... power of choice, "And now I was ready for a bit of twenty-to-one . . . then I cracked this veck"(7). Alex beats, rapes, robs and pillages the weak and innocent to prove domination and control, thus proving his choice towards evil. In a society that "lets the young get on to the old . . . there's no law nor order no more"(14). He takes on a role of authority ...
- 370: 1984 2
- The novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell is an American classic which explores the human mind when it comes to power, corruption, control, and the ultimate utopian society. Orwell indirectly proposes that power given to the government will ultimately become corrupt and they will attempt to force all to conform to their one set standard. He also sets ... that the corrupted government will attempt to destroy any and all mental and physical opposition to their beliefs, thus eliminating any opportunity for achieving an utopian society. The novel shows how the government attempts to control the minds and bodies of it citizens, such as Winston Smith who does not subscribe to their beliefs, through a variety of methods. The first obvious example arises with the large posters with the caption ... its people. Shortly afterwards we learn of the "Thought Police", who "snoop in on conversations, always watching your every move, controlling the minds and thoughts of the people." (page 6). To the corrupted government, physical control is not good enough, however. The only way to completely eliminate physical opposition is to first eliminate any mental opposition. The government is trying to control our minds, as it says "thought crime does ...
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