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- 941: Ku Klux Klan 3
- ... the small town and terrified everyone, especially Negroes. No doubt, this is the harmless little club that later would be taken to extremes by its members. Admittedly, the Ku Klux Klan did become out of control in later years, but when it was first created it had no specific meaning; it was a way just to have fun. After the members saw the effect the group's appearance had on people ... not belong to the white race. Although violence was already occurring against non-whites before the organization of the Ku Klux Klan, the Klan used this fact as a way to keep their "enemies" under control. No one denies that the Ku Klux Klan became a brutal force over the years, but the fact remains that violence was not the reason the group was founded. It is true that all groups ... a major impact on society. Many members decided that the Klan could be used as a way of discrimination. Many members also saw the Ku Klux Klan as a way for the South to regain control and keep the "Northern folk" out. Another reason the Ku Klux Klan changed is that members broke off from the original den and created their own dens. At this point in time any "roughouser" ...
- 942: The Grapes of Wrath: Ma Joad - The Leader
- ... of work and prosperity only to find poverty and despair. As a result of a crisis, Ma Joad emerges as a controlled, forceful, and selfless authority figure for the family. Ma Joad exhibits exelent self-control during the sufferings and frustrations of the Joad's journey. Ma knows that she is the backbone of the family, and that they will survive only if she remains calm. Ma keeps her self-control when Ruthie tells some children about Tom's secret. The family becomes nervous and enraged over the situation, but Ma restores order by handling the situation in a calm and collected manner. If Ma were ... just as frightened as the rest of the family, but she always maintains a front for the rest of the family. When Ma had fears, "She had practiced denying them in herself." This extraordinary self-control helps to keep the Joad unit together and alive. Ma, like all leaders, must be forceful for things to work in her favor. Numerous situations occur in which Ma must be forceful or relinquish ...
- 943: Blood Alcohol Level (BAL)
- ... effects of a rising BAL can be very useful in controlling drinking. Below are the consequences of various Blood Alcohol Levels,from a book by William R. Miller and Ricardo F. Munoz called, "How to Control your Drinkling: A Practical Guide to Responsible Drinking (1982): .02 MELLOW FEELING. SLIGHT BODY WARMTH. LESS INHIBITED. .05 NOTICEABLE RELAXATION. LESS ALERT. LESS SELF-FOCUSED. COORDINATION IMPAIRMENT BEGINS. .08 DRUNK DRIVING LIMIT. DEFINITE IMPAIRMENT IN ... many people. Some people find this effect so rewarding that they continue to drink. Unfortunately, these relaxing effects diminish as BAL rises above .05. Instead emerge a host of negative effects, such as less emotional control, coordination and judgment impairment, hangovers and obnoxious behavior. One way of controlling alcohol is to learn to gauge BAL by internal sensations and to attend to the reinforcing signs of a low BAL. Doing so will enable you to be more in control of how much you drink and, by focusing your attention on the initial pleasurable effects, be able to enjoy alcohol with less negative consequences. Blood Alcohol Level Charts are available in a number of ...
- 944: Michel Foucault And The Cultiv
- ... He believed that our conception of ourselves as subjects depends on controlling or excluding whole classes of people who do not fit our Enlightened category of normal. The same devices we use to understand and control these marginalized groups are also essential to understanding and controlling normal individuals. This practice is always executed by power. Therefore, who we are is itself the result of the exercise of this power. In this ... what something is to have power over it, just as to know something is to have power over it. Knowledge, therefore, is power. Though power comes through individuals, most often it is not under their control. Power creates subjects; it is not exercised by them. Efforts to rationalize or humanize power only result in an exercise of new forms of it by creating new ways of knowing what subjects are. New forms of both power (control) and knowledge go together. However, the subject or individual does not disappear, but his determined unity is called into question. Foucault never denied that the subject exists, although he sometimes fictionalized the self in ...
- 945: Fahrenheit 451 & Brave New Wor
- ... the worse. He turns man's best friend, the dog, against man, changes the role of public servants and changes the value of a person. Aldous Huxley also uses the concept of society out of control in his science fiction novel Brave New World. Written late in his career, Brave New World also deals with man in a changed society. Huxley asks his readers to look at the role of science ... him. This relationship and living arrangement, with its lack of love, is Bradbury's way of showing what life could be like if people not only stop communicating but stop thinking and choosing, thus loosing control over their lives. Montag and his wife continue to live together though people in that situation today would not hesitate to terminate such a relationship. Montag's wife apparently accepts this relationship because it is ... watching a sophisticated form of television. This television system covers three of the walls of the Montag's TV room (they can't afford to buy the screen to cover the fourth wall), has a control unit that allows the watchers to interact with the characters on the program and another unit that inserts Mrs. Montag's name into specific places, thus creating the image they the characters are actually ...
- 946: Diabetes Type I
- ... virtually every part of our body as fuel to function. Insulin controls the amount of glucose distributed to vital organs and also the muscles. In diabetics due to the lack of insulin and therefore the control of glucose given to different body parts they face death if they don't inject themselves with insulin daily. Since strict monitoring of diabetes is needed for the control of the disease, little room is left for carelessness. As a result diabetic patients are susceptible to many other diseases and serious conditions if a proper course of treatment is not followed. Other diseases a ... available to physicians in combating diabetes. For an IDDM carrier to benefit from exercise they need to be well aware of their body and the consequences of exercising. If an IDDM carrier has no real control over their situation and just exercise without considering their diet, time of insulin intake, type of exercise, duration of the exercise and the intensity, then the results can be very hazardous to the patient. ...
- 947: Mozambique
- ... backward people. In 1498 Vasco Da Gama was the first Portuguese man to land on the shores of Mozambique and by 1507, the {Portuguese had occupied Ilha de Mocambique. Three short years later they had control of every major port from Sofala to Mogadishu. Their main intention was to open up a new passage to the Indies , so to break the Muslim monopoly of the spice trade, and gain access to ... desire for the spice trade. They also enjoyed the profits that came from ivory, gold and slaves. They could have conquered the indigene peoples, but by not colonizing enough people, they were unable to retain control. The will of the indigenes peoples would prevail despite the abuse and exploitation experienced. The development of three major companies designed to develop land and natural resources , as well as deal with the radical Prazos, resulted in the horrific accounts of rape and murder. After years of opposition to Portuguese control the Africans found the strength to unite. They would no longer succumb to the irrational and immoral Portuguese rule. The beginning of the fight for freedom started with the uniting of several refugee political ...
- 948: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: McMurphy
- ... s machine-like order consume his identity. As a result off his rambunctious behavior, the inevitable battle between McMurphy and Nurse Ratched begins. During group therapy meetings, McMurphy does not let Nurse Ratched have complete control as she has had in the past and as she would like to continue. He disrupts the meetings by provoking the other patients to excitement when they make comments about their respective problems. It also ... to always trick the other inmates out of their money, Nurse Ratched is able to defeat him. This is evident when McMurphy tricks the other men into not believing that the Chief could lift the control panel. As a result of this unfair bet, McMurphy wins money from the other men, but loses much of their faith in him (256-257). However, McMurphy eventually regains their trust and the inmates join ... taken away to be given a lobotomy Ύ a surgical operation in which a lobe of the brain, usually the frontal lobe, is cut out for the treatment of psychoses Ύ but Nurse Ratched no longer has control over the other patients. By concealing her womanly nature, she has been able to have power over the inmates. To them, Nurse Ratched previously symbolized the cold, unfeeling, and mechanized nature of the hospital; ...
- 949: Adolf Hilter
- ... was the Jews and the Communists who betrayed the "fatherland" and it was here that his disliking of the Jews most likely began. Germany after the war was in chaos. With no real Government to control the country, many groups tried to take control. One day a big communist group staged a big riot but another group of ex-soldiers including Hitler managed to hold them back. THE NAZI PARTY Since there were not many chances for employment Hitler ... opportunity to get his views across to the German people who have lost all hope. Of course people did not start to support him right away. After he came into power, the Nazi party took control over every aspect of every day life. Hitler ordered the creation of a special police force to make sure that all opponents would be elimanted, the Gestapo. He also gave orders to set up ...
- 950: Critical Summary of Cultural Effects on Eating Attitudes in Israeli Subpopulations and Hospitalized Anorectics
- ... Apter also hypothesizes that adolescents of non- Western ethnic origin less exposed to Western ideology would have less of a chance of attaining an eating disorder. Using a selected group of hospitalized anorectics as a control, they tested their hypothesis by surveying 783 adolescent girls in 10 Israeli subpopulations as well as a group of hospitalized anorectics. The first test conducted in the survey was the shortened form of the Eating ... as the EAT-26. This test was administered by school nurses and is proven to detect instances and levels of eating disorders. The determining factor in this test, as stated by Apter, "was the oral control factor - an indicator of impulsivity and presumable of sexuality." The second test conducted, was a 17-question survey that dealt with the way they subjects viewed their body. As indicated by the control group, the higher the scores on the tests, the more likely the subjects have an eating disorder. In the results of the survey, Apter et Al found that the Kibbutz resembled the scores closest ...
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