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- 2611: Napoleon Bonaparte
- ... France had annexed the island. He had 7 brothers and sisters, and his father was a lawyer whose family stemmed from the Florentine nobility. His original nationality was Cursican-Italian. In 1779 Napoleon went to school at Brienne in France. There he took a great interest in in history, especially in the lives of great ancient generals. Napoleon was often badly treated at Brienne because he was not as wealthy as ... did not speak French well, because Italian was spoken on Corsica where he grew up. He studied very hard so that he could do better then those who snubbed him. Napoleon attended the Ecole Military School in Paris in 1784 after receiving a scholarship. This is were he received his military training. He studied to be an artillery man and an officer. Napoleon finished his training and joined the French army ... marry and what they were to do. The Bonapartes made many improvements to the laws of the countries the governed. However, Napoleon was not a nice man. In fact he was a tyrant, he charged high taxes and refused to allow freedom of speech and press. He also drafted many men from all over Europe. Most of these men did not want to serve in his armies, but the had ...
- 2612: Alchemy
- ... art was attributed to Hermes Trismegistus and supposed to be contained in its entirety in his works. The Arabs, after their conquest of Egypt in the seventh century, carried on the researches of the Alexandrian school, and through their instrumentality the art was brought to Morocco and thus in the eighth century to Spain, where it flourished exceedingly. Indeed, Spain from the ninth to the eleventh century became the repository of ... On the introduction of chemistry as a practical art, alchemical science fell into desuetude and disrepute, owing chiefly to the number of charlatans practicing it, and by the beginning of the eighteenth century, as a school, it may be said to have become defunct. Here and there, however, a solitary student of the art lingered, and in the department of this article "Modern Alchemy" will demonstrate that the science has to ... metals made use of must be purified to insure the success of the operation. The process for the manufacture of silver is essentially similar, but the resources of the matter are not carried to so high a degree. "According to the "Commentary on the Ancient War of the Knights" the transmutations performed by the perfect stone are so absolute that no trace remains of the original metal. It cannot, however, ...
- 2613: Case for Legalizing Marijuana
- ... then alcohol. * With over 60 million people using cannabis in the U.S. Today our laws and law makers should view it under the same light. As they do alcohol. Marijuana Status 1970: 11% of high school seniors said they were using marijuana every day. 1975: About 27% said they had used marijuana sometime in the previous month. 1978: The monthly users grew up to 37% then in 1986 dropped to 23%. 1979: 12 to 17 year olds reported using it within the last month has dropped from a high point of 17% and in 1987 dropped to 12%. Bibliography 1. Adams, Leon; "Marijuana". Encyclopedia International. Vol 11. p365-347. LEXICON PUBLICATIONS. Philippines, 1979 2. Lorimer, Lawrence; "Marijuana" Encyclopedia Year Book 1993. p214-215. ...
- 2614: Socrates
- ... had a reputation for her patient and intuitive skill in delivering babies in and around the neighborhood. The latter, his father was a craftsman, stonecutter by trade. As a young boy, Socrates was teased in school about his appearance, and often would prey to the Gods to make him beautiful both inside as well as outside. He was known for asking many questions as a child, because he was very curious ... prudent about life. Chaerephon, one of his friends, went to the Oracle at Delphi to ask it if Socrates was the wisest. The Oracle said he was. When this news reached Athens many people in high offices felt hatred against Socrates. However, Socrates himself said that God was the wisest and next to him, the man who thinks that, God is the wisest and not himself. Socrates was serving the army again, and one day when they were taking a rest, he awoke early in the morning and stood in the mud across his tent on and high hill, his feet planted, for a whole day. He did not say a word, until the next morning, when he gave a prayer to the sun and resumed his normal activities. No one asked ...
- 2615: Angel Island
- ... pushed into this business, because it was either laundrymen or vegetable peddlers. When there was something Asians wanted, they would find clever ways of obtaining it. In most districts, rent for Asians were often very high. To get a lease, they would offer a very high rent that no landlord could refuse. Once they had a space rented out, the Orientals would pack the house with tenants and space is improvised to make more room. The bath tub goes to the ... farming or agricultural work. Their American Dream rested in the cities and white collared jobs. Chinese men that graduated from SFSU in engineering could not get the positions of white men and graduates of law school and teacher-training institutions were taking positions as filling-station men and household servants. The construction of Angel Island started in 1905 and was finished in 1910. Chinese immigrants were held for days, weeks, ...
- 2616: Stereotyping and Racism
- ... of work and good pay, luring families (like mine) from the overworked “dust bowl” farms. Many native Californians were angry that the “Okies” were arriving in such large numbers. As my brother entered his new school, he experienced stereotyping, by teachers and classmates. They teased him because he had an accent and wore “Okie” overalls. He worked hard at trying to fit in, even changing his accent. Though my brother made good grades and was a great athlete, the name calling continued and he remained the subject of many “Okie” jokes. As he entered high school, the stereotyping became prejudice. The hatred felt for him and others from Oklahoma became evident in the game, “Get the Okie”, where captured victims were thrown into garbage cans (where they belonged). My brother, ...
- 2617: Social Class Distinction In Madame Bovary: A Way Of Categorizing People
- ... bourgeois, gentry and aristocratic. In the story, Madame Bovary, we see a number of individuals striving to move themselves “ up” to the bourgeois, a status that is higher than the working class but not as high as nobility. The bourgeois are characterized by being educated and wealthy but unlike the aristocracy, they earned their money through hard work and kept it through frugality (Cody 24 - 28). Our bourgeois strivers in “Madame ... she finds she has married a man that might have the potential to do so but lacks the ambition (Gibbons 3). Charles, at the urging of his mother, an upper-middle class woman, attends medical school, which will give him the means by which to move into the bourgeois, but it takes him two attempts to pass. Undaunted, his mother, the elder Madame Bovary, who believes she can change her own ... the social classes, most of the characters belong to the middle and upper- middle class society. WORKS CITED: Monarch Notes. Works of Gustave Flaubert. (NY: Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1993) Ringrose, Dr. Daniel. “Madame Bovary's School of Social Mobility.” Journal of History Writing, (1996): vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 1 - 15. Gibbons, Kathy. “The Problem Of Class & Status.” Modern European Social History, (1996): June, Issue #1, pp. 2 - 10. Barron’ ...
- 2618: Smoking On The Body
- ... causes of death in the United States. Nicotine, which is an alkaloid derived from the tobacco plant, is a potent chemical that has powerful effects on the human body, especially when administered rapidly or at high doses. Prenatal exposure to nicotine is associated with adverse reproductive outcomes, including altered neural structure and functioning, cognitive deficits, and behavior problems in the offspring (9). At least 20% - 30% of pregnant women are estimated ... preadolescent or adolescent years than women who did not smoke or smoked only occasionally during pregnancy. These findings support previous work showing that maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with increased rates of preschool and school-age behavior problems and delinquency in the offspring. The relationship between smoking and low birth weight, prematurity, and miscarriage has been well established. The effects of nicotine are seen in every trimester of pregnancy, from ... the results provide a casual explanation for the increased perinatal morbidity and mortality seen in the offspring of smokers. The fetal environment is relatively hypoxic, and corresponding cardiac functional deficits would thus contribute to the high incidence of fetal mortality. Just as impaired cardiac function during hypoxia in neonatal rats can account for the increase in mortality with prolonged hypoxia, comparable effects in man would provide a mechanism for cardiovascular ...
- 2619: Community-Based Policing: Law Enforcement For The Twentieth Century
- ... above the new Law enforcement philosophy incorporates two elements: Community partnership and Problem solving. These two elements are the cores of the policing strategy for the future of American large communities( inner cities ) and other high crime areas. The way to achieve the results promised by C.B.P. is through constant education and the application of the two elements of C.B.P. COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP means adopting a policing perspective ... Bureau of Justice assistance pg. 15) The two major functions of the Community partnership are to keep the two parties communicating, and to assess the level of fear ( of crime )in the community. To avoid high level of fear in the Community Problem solving techniques are utilized in the daily contact of Police and Public and through communication. PROBLEM SOLVING is the second part of C.B.P., the philosophy behind ... Washington, DC: Police executive research forum, 1987 Pg xvi-xvii Kelling, George L. and Mark H, Moore "The evolving strategy of policing" Perspectives on policing .Washington, DC : National Institute of Justice and John F. Kennedy School of Government. Harvard University Pg 4-5 Kelling, L. George " Measuring what matters :a new way of thinking about crime and public order".The city Journal, Spring 1992, Pg 21-22 Moore H. Mark ...
- 2620: Huckleberry Finn Contraversy
- ... offensive to some readers. An example of these conflicts is the classic novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Although it contains disputatious subjects, Huckleberry Finn should continue to be taught in public school systems. Critics have found the book, in their opinions, to be racist, trash, and without a purpose. One of the main issues concerning the book is racism. The term "nigger," referring to African Americans, is ... considered racist; however, back when the book was written, it was a common expression. Nowadays slavery is unacceptable, whereas in Twain's time, it was ordinary. Critics have stated that Huck Finn is unacceptable for school children. They contest that the novel was written for adult readers because of graphic scenes. Some of these episodes would include Huck faking his own death and Jim finding Pap's dead body lying in a boat. These analysts argue that children should be forbidden to read the publication. In this day and age, High schoolers should be able to handle the material offered in Twain's timeless edition. Many commentators protest that Huck Finn is pointless and without purpose. This accusation is unsuitable, due to the accuracy of ...
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