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- 3051: Stereotyping Lord Of The Flies
- ... The clothes we wear, the way we do our hair, the people we hang out with, this all adds to our uniqueness. This diverseness should not be discriminating towards anyone. The way we do in school also adds to the list of stereotypes. Some kids feel they have to do poorly in order to avoid names such as "brain", "browner", or something that can be as complimenting as smart or intelligent ... because of what reputation your clothes give you. If someone wanted to get away from the hassle of stereotyping, all they'd have to do is dress normally. But what is normal? Is normal a school full of preps without individuality. Would a Nike, Reebok, or Addidas sign be the only difference between students? Would everyone then receive the same amount of attention and would all sports be popular and all teachers be respected. Would the "smoking area" no longer have to exist? Where is the individuality and uniqueness that makes school interesting? Life is full of stereotypical monstrosities. Perhaps school uniforms would be a more objective solution. It would be impossible to expect that not even a dozen of kids would find a clause on ...
- 3052: Antigone
- ... well as "Antigone". Wisdom through suffering and the exploration of human limits are the most important themes that are shown in both plays. In "Oedipus Rex" the people of Thebes, mainly the chorus knew how high a human can climb yet in "Antigone" they imply that mortals have no boundaries. All throughout "Oedipus Rex" the justice that is served is by a divine power yet in "Antigone" the justice is mainly ... his two plays contrast enormously. Oedipus is depicted in a way that is very cosmic and divine whereas Sophocles shows Antigone at a very personal level. In "Oedipus Rex" Oedipus is always standing upon his high and mighty pedestal with all the people of Thebes looking up to him. In "Antigone" Antigone is always shown sneaking around and usually whispering every word she says. During the play "Oedipus Rex" Oedipus business ... scenes of Sophocles two plays are the opening scenes. The opening scenes in both of these plays set the structure for the rest of the play. In "Oedipus Rex" the opening scene shows Oedipus perched high above the people of Thebes on his pedestal. In "Antigone" the opening scene shows two sisters whispering to each other and having a very secretive conversation on the same balcony where Oedipus made all ...
- 3053: Global Warming
- ... perpetuate growth rates. The only significant innovations were those that produced the next surge. However, accumulated innovations during the surges may have played a role in the eventual decline in population growth rates. Starting with high birth and death rates, death rate declines and longevity increases, but birth rates stay high. Some time later, birth rates decline so that eventually, net births minus deaths produces slow growth. The result is a spurt in population size. When referring to the industrial revolution, this phenomenon has been called ... of several possibilities, including the "green revolution" and the "global economy". A dominant element in past surges has been innovations in energy use (e.g., fire, descending the food-chain, beasts of burden, fossil fuels, high-energy agriculture). Thus, the development of an abundant and cheap energy source would have a profound effect. Another 10-fold (or more) surge would produce a population of 60 to 125 billion. GLOBAL TEMPERATURE ...
- 3054: Home Shopping
- ... easily disconnected from the server. On the other hand, the connection established also may get into idle mode for a long period and get active then. Sometimes, it may not become active until reconnect again. High Error Rates Besides the connection is poor, the transferring of data is also not good. During the transferring process, the data easily to manipulate to other manner. Hence, the information transfer over to the network ... packages have often included some kind of encryption scheme so that a standard 'file copy' cannot be used to read sensitive information that might otherwise require some kind of password to access. They also need 'high performance' methods to encode and decode the data. Fortunately, the simplest of all of the methods, the 'translation table', meets this need very well. Each 'chunk' of data (usually 1 byte) is used as an ... we lack of a good quality connection. All we have is just the old RJ11 twisted pair cable which is our telephone cable. This is not a good solution or method to provide residents with high quality connection. We need to upgrade our cable in order to achieve better connection. By implementing Fiber Optics cable, we will be able to improve our connection in the sense of transmission error, connection ...
- 3055: The Rise and Fall of American Communism
- ... Depression. The underlying Communist theme of revolution brought with it the prospect of hope and better times for the financially and psychologically battered people of the United States. At the time, unemployment rates ran so high that workers were willing to turn to new political factions when they felt that the American government was not properly addressing the situation. The American Communist party was, in fact, the first political organization to ... as it was fervently anti-Fascist and pro-Roosevelt. When the Russians switched allies, the popular front collapsed and the CPUSA lost a lot of the prestige that it had built. Although Communists had held high positions in a number of important organizations, such as the Farmer-Labor party within the Popular Front, many of those leaders, along with their communist member followers, chose this opportunity to drop out of the ... popularity, lost many of its most loyal members. From this shift, membership slowly dwindled until 1956, when Nikita Khrushchev released a statement admitting Stalins crimes. After this, membership fell drastically, never to rise so high again. From the beginning, the American Communist Party seemed destined to fail, as the American Government had been willing to pass whatever law or act was needed to diminish the CPUSA and other alien ...
- 3056: Babe Ruth
- ... was with his parents, but he survived without guidance on the dirty, crowded streets of the Baltimore riverfront. On June 13, 1902, George Herman Ruth took his seven year-old to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys. Not only did he place young George in the school, but he also signed over custody of the boy to the Xaverian Brothers, a Catholic Order of Jesuit Missionaries who ran St. Mary's. At St. Marys he met Brother Mathias, he taught George ... Baltimore Orioles, at the time a minor league franchise in the International League. Because Ruth's parents had signed over custody of the youngster to St. Mary's he was supposed to remain at the school until the age of twenty-one. To get around this, Dunn became Ruth's legal guardian. When George Ruth, Jr., appeared with Dunn at the ballpark the other players started cracking jokes, and one ...
- 3057: Breast Cancer 2
- Scientists have finally found out why MPA medroxyprogesterone, otherwise known as Provera performs just as well in low doses in small children who are dealing with early sex traits, as it does for women in high doses with breast cancer. You may have heard of Provera before as the drug that delivers hormone replacement therapy for women who are going through menopause. Two scientists, named Lee and Auchus were trying to ... this process to take place, several steps are involved which are controlled by a certain enzyme. In knowing this, Lee wanted to find out if blocking the action of an enzyme would be reached with high doses of Provera. What Lee and Auchus found out was that Provera could inhibit certain enzymes, (3HSDII) which influence hormone production, that low doses of Provera could disrupt GnRH production and high doses were needed for a therapeutic effect. By knowing all this, it brings about new ideas for drug therapy when dealing with certain diseases. Not only that, but 3HSDII enzyme may be great to ...
- 3058: Grapes Of Wrath - Plot Questio
- ... was helped by Grandpa. He made it to the barn. Jim Casey got his head smashed in for trying to help his own people. Building up a union against the peach pickers, which where making high money, and making it impossible to live. Jim died for what he believed in, and Tom knew it, he followed in Jim's footsteps. 3. In what ways where the migrant workers exploited? How does ... 800 people needed to pick peaches, good wages. But actually there where only 100 jobs available. They would get a lot of people to come to California, then the competition for the jobs would be high. People need to eat, so the high wages come into effect. Jim Casey fights against the exploitation of the migrant workers by building a small union. It does work, because the next load of people that come through, which was the ...
- 3059: Geography Examine The Reasons For Inner City Initiatives And
- ... in the inner cities still lacked the basic amenities of bathrooms, WC s and hot water. The occupants have low incomes and are often elderly, young Or consist of very large families leading to a high population density and over crowding. Large quantities of ethnic minorities are often found in the inner city areas such as Tower Hamlets in East London which has a very high percentage ( ) of Bangladeshi inhabitants. The environment in these areas is also poor. There is very little open space and a distinct lack of trees and recreational land. There are many derelict buildings and sites, which may be unsafe and therefore dangerous, especially for children. The areas often have a high crime rate and vandalism is common. This may be partly due to the lack of entertainment and places to go for youths. Traffic is a major problem in inner cities, which needs to be ...
- 3060: Geography of Mauritania
- ... products, capital goods, and it's partners are Algeria 15%. China 6%, US 3%, France, Germany, Spain, and Italy in which does not even make up one percent. It's inflation rate has gone to high for anyone to afford any products. Mauritania's few infostructures are it's single railed railways, highways, ports, erchant marines, and small airports.[1][3] Population, Location, Area, Climate Mauritania is located in Northern Africa ... has resulted in a foreign debt. [2] Not to mention inflation rates which have shot through the roof in the past 6 years. As of 1995 the rates are at a steady 3.5%. To high to afford anything that is needed to live on. Yet people feel that it is not necessary for the U.S to help other countries. The labor forces at a 465,00 by occupation: agriculture ... still lived in slavery. Even though Maurita-nia is a poor country, it's anti social welfare system provides old age and good benefits. The benefits for unemployment and illness is reflected in it's high infant mortality rates (about 127 per 1,000 live births) and its low life expectancies. Increasing students enrollment in primary and secondary schools have been rising steadily. Illiteracy still reaming high, at more than ...
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