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- 3351: Canterbury Tales - The Prioress
- ... said "Amor Vincit Omnia (Love Conquers All)", depicting a nun who still had many valuable possessions. Also, the Prioress traveled with another nun and three priests, showing she was respected. Chaucer states that she speaks school-taught French instead of "Paris style" French. She would like to appear sympathetic and tender and charitably solicitous. "That she would weep if she but saw a mouse, Caught in a trap, though it were ... gain of ill renown, Hateful to Christ and those who are His own;" (203) The Prioress tells a tale set in an Asian town dominated by Jews. The Christian minority in the town opened a school for their children in this city. Among these children was a widow's son, a seven year old who was, even at his young age, was already deeply devoted to his faith. At school he learned a song in Latin called the Alma Redemptoris. The song was meant to praise the Virgin Mary. As he was walking home from school one day singing this song, he provoked the ...
- 3352: Cancer Treatments And Breakthroughs
- ... advanced, these cells may break away from the tumor and spread the cancer throughout your body. Although many people believe that your survival rate is low if you're diagnosed with cancer, patients usually have high recovery rates. There are many different types of treatment that doctors can give to their patients. The three main types are surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. Surgery is quick, usually effective, and it accounts for the ... to treat the region that the tumor is in. Patients usually receive five to eight weeks of treatments every day, but they don't have to stay in the hospital. Radiation works because when the high amount of rays treat the tumor, it will cause enough damage to the cells to kill them. Radiation does damage the healthy tissue, but they can recover easily. So, radiation therapy can kill the cancerous ... can already cure cancer in mice, I think that within 10 years, we will have a cure for humans. I think that the most important fact that I learned was that there is a very high chance of surviving cancer. But, it must be caught early in order for a high chance of survival. Many people tend to think that cancer automatically means that you'll die from it. But, ...
- 3353: Cathedrals
- ... to 1. Support better, 2. Open up wider expanses of space. The idea of opening up space for light and the creation of one, unified space became an important element of Gothic, especially into the High Gothic. Side elevations for Early Gothic was primarily quadripartite elevation, with four stories of windows and levels, labeled the nave arcade, gallery, triforium, and clerestory. Ceiling vaulting, in addition to being ribbed arched vaulting. Early ... unity and the breaking up of wall mass (interior and exterior) by usage of numerous and ornate sculptures in order to lesson the bulk and weight of the stone and create an airier, lighter feel. High Gothic started with the construction of Chartres cathedral, which was the first cathedral to include the flying buttresses from the first original plan of the building. High Gothic started to change the layout of the floor of the cathedral by evolving the early square schematics of Romanesque and early Gothic into the rectangular bay system, again, opening up spaces and dissolving ...
- 3354: Barbituates
- ... is a special Ultra-Short category, which happens before the full injection of the barbiturate is complete. Dependence upon this drug is almost guaranteed. Each time the dosage must be raised to get the same high feeling. People who use these drugs daily for prolonged periods of time may become psychologically and physically dependent. Psychological dependence exists when they are addicted so much that the need to continue its use becomes ... the body has adapted to the presence of the drug, and withdrawal symptoms occur when the use is abruptly ended. Such withdrawal symptoms differ from the amount of drug taken. Mild withdrawal symptoms include apprehension, high-excitability, mild tremors, loss of appetite, and hair standing on end. Intermediate withdrawal symptoms include severe tremors, muscle rigidity, impaired motor activity, retching and vomiting, and significant weight loss. Severe withdrawal symptoms include convulsions, delirium or hallucinations, hypothermia, and an unusually high fever. Most people who commonly use Barbiturates are heroin addicts. They inject a mixture of both drugs to get a high. This is a very hazardous practice, because both drugs depress respiratory control centers ...
- 3355: America At The Turn Of The Cen
- ... voter percentage, and therefore our democratic government is slowly coming to a halt. The gap between the rich and the poor is disturbing the financial status of the country. There is a big increase in school violence that is scaring many parents in this nation. If this isn t stopped the free education aspect of our country will not be offered in the future. Therefore, many historians believe that these few ... like medial care changes the way people are looked at. A lot of times there is no way of telling whether a person is rich or poor. That is causing a lot of troubles with school violence. In Littleton, Colorado last spring a child walked into his school and opened fire on his classmates killing thirteen. He was aiming for a certain group of kids, the rich and the jocks. This was because he didn t have all the things they had. ...
- 3356: The Catcher in the Rye: Holden's Fall From Innocence
- ... gives the reader the idea that Holden thinks that others are materialistic. Holdens attempts to protect the innocence in the world is another early sign of his deteriorating state. When Holden goes to Pheobe's school to deliver his note he sees some swearing of the wall which he says "drove me damn near crazy" (p.201). He wipes the words from the wall in an attempt to prevent the inevitable ... speculated widely about the possible connection. This gave the book even more notoriety. So, what is The Catcher in the Rye actually about? Superficially the story of a young man's expulsion from yet another school, The Catcher in the Rye is in fact a perceptive study of one individual's understanding of his human condition. Holden Caulfield, a teenager growing up in 1950s New York, has been expelled school for poor achievement once again. In an attempt to deal with this he leaves school a few days prior to the end of term, and goes to New York to take a vacation' before ...
- 3357: Genetic Engineering 3
- ... engineering is isolating and removing a desired gene from a strand of DNA. In genetic engineering, many different apparatuses are used in removing the gene. One way DNA can be broken up is by ultra-high frequency sound waves, but this procedure is highly inaccurate way of isolating a desirable trait (Stableford 26). A more accurate way of obtaining the desired trait is the use of restriction enzymes. These enzymes chemically ... will pay. "It is inevitable that the lack of financial resources will make it difficult for some patients to pursue genetic engineering. Stratification of patients by risk will increase the availability. The cost will be high because, most health insurance agencies will not cover the cost" (Jones 1537). Only a select few will have enough money to correct their genetic blemishes. Having your genes screened has its downfalls. There are many ... we will see a new crisis much worse than the suppression of the blacks. It will not matter sex, race, or creed but only if you are not genetically ideal. The future will be the high and mighty society of the perfect beings verses the genetically inferior, the invalids. In this society, the genetically altered would be in superior jobs while the invalids will be made to feel inferior and ...
- 3358: The European Monetary Union and the Euro
- ... concluded that it was very largely the consequence of the tight monetary policies adopted by the incoming Conservative government). A second example is the restrictive effects of locking Sterling into the ERM at a relatively high parity in 1990. Both these cases led to lower activity (and therefore also more is inflation) than would otherwise have occurred. While the introduction of a single currency should not, therefore, lead to regions or ... me to take account of the loss to those who presently consume bananas - the price does that. Another argument is that the fiscal criteria are necessary to prevent the European Central Bank being pressured by high debt countries into pursuing a higher inflation rate in order to reduce the real value of that debt. But the European Central Bank is in any case supposed to be independent of such political interference, and furthermore such a difficulty would be more easily dealt with simply by disallowing high debt countries from voting on the setting of European interest rates. The down side of the fiscal criteria is that they create an inherent contractionary bias in fiscal policy. This would not happen if ...
- 3359: Brutus, A Tragic Hero
- ... Actavius, defeat Brutus and Cassius's army at the battle of Phillipi. Indeed, Brutus was the tragic hero in the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. As a tragic hero, Brutus was dignified, courageous and high ranking. First, he was dignified because he was a member of the Senate, and honored by the commoners, who believed he was an honorable man. Second, he was high ranking as a Senator and a close friend to Julius Caesar. Third, he was courageous because he decided to be a part of the conspiracy not for his own personal gain but for the good ... conspirators needed Brutus because he was considered honorable. The conspirators led him to believe that Caesar was ambitious and wanted to be the king of Rome. As a tragic hero, Brutus was dignified, courageous, and high ranking, but he was naοve and so he had a tragic flaw. Moreover, Brutus was a tragic hero for other reasons. His downfall was beyond his control and in the end, despite his death, ...
- 3360: A Separate Peace
- ... relationship with his best friend Phineas. Yet the larger battle of mans inhumanity to man is portrayed by the backdrop of World War II. Gene Forrester is an average, studious, young man attending Devon school in New Hampshire during the second World War. His roommate at Devon, Phineas (otherwise known as Finny) sends Gene on an unexpected journey of self discovery. Finny represents man in his innocence, a kind of ... Finny is one who enjoys life to the fullest, and pressures other people to enjoy themselves as well. He is a natural born leader, enthusiastic, and filled with endless energy. The two rivers surrounding Devon school, correspond with the measure of Finnys innocence. The Devon river, that the Gene and Finny frequently jump into from a tall tree at Finnys request, is clean and pure, "a refreshing shower" much ... way that ones subconscious seizes the individual in order for them to learn what they need to learn to satisfy their mind, emotional state, or encourage spiritual growth. Leper Leppelier, another boy attending Devon school is also treated inhumanely by Gene Forrester. From the time that Leper is introduced, it is shown that other students think him to be strange because of his idiosyncrasies. Instead of trying to understand ...
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