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- 5201: Mind Sports
- ... activity it seems to require is moving the pieces across the board. Recently, though, the Olympic committee voted chess legal for competition in "The Games." This acknowledgment of chess as a sport by such a high council requires us to rethink our view of chess and athletics. Although chess does not appear to require as much activity as most recognizable sports, it does require as much, if not more, preparation and ... in the game. Both Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov lifted weights. They used other physical conditioning techniques as well, not necessarily for their health, but because of the amount of stamina the game requires at high levels of competition. It is not uncommon for a professional player to lose 10 to 15 pounds during the course of a match. Matches can last as long as a month, with one game every ...
- 5202: A Separate Peace - A Journey T
- ... novel A Separate Peace includes many important themes. The author, John Knowles, was able to make the book more realistic because of his personal experiences. Knowles, like the characters in the book attended a boarding school. Many of his dilemmas were similar to those of Gene and Finny. The boys were able to surmount the ins and outs of friendship, conformity, and growing up. Friendship is certainly a major theme throughout ... Devon River. Even though he would have rather not done it, he went along with the crowd to fit in. Another example of Gene trying to fit in and be liked is when he ditches school with Finny. Gene never would have considered breaking the rules, but he feared that he would not be accepted by Finny if he didn't go along. Most teenagers are confronted with peer pressure, and ...
- 5203: Minerals
- ... Minerals can be found in every part of the earth s crust, but with two important needs; the concentration of mineral and the size of the deposit. We want to make sure the mineral is high grade and large enough to repay the investment and make profit. Of the many mineral found, there is only a few mineral will appear to have good potential. So it must be tested widely, which costs a lot of time and speed is one of the critical factors. If the construction is financed by loans, it leads up to high interest costs. The economics of a mine depends upon ore reserves, grade, type of ore, and the location. In order to mine, many months and millions of dollars have to spend in construction. There are ...
- 5204: Cults
- ... as "holding tanks" for young people rebelling against overprotective parents.7 Other experts believe that certain classes, races, and ages are particularly susceptible to the allure of cults. A survey performed at the Bethany Hills School found that when asked 'Would you join a cult if it would offer you what you believed to be a better life?', 7 out of 24 respondents said that they would. Of these 7 respondents ... The reason for cult membership is obviously not entirely due to social class. Different people are drawn to different cults, just as different cults prey on different individuals. The research done at the Bethany Hills School is also not entirely accurate because the population is so small that 24 surveys cannot accurately represent most cult members. Although Dr. Melton's research provides an interesting viewpoint, his claims are still being experimented ...
- 5205: Maria Mithchell
- ... sky. He also encouraged her toward teaching and passed on a sense of God as in the natural world. By the time Maria was sixteen, she was a teacher of mathematics at Cyrus Pierce's school for young ladies where she used to be a student. Following that she opened a grammar school of her own. And only a year after that, at the age of eighteen she was offered a job as a librarian at Nantucket's Atheneum during the day when it opened to the public ...
- 5206: To Kill a Mockingbird: Relationship Between Brother and Sister
- ... Atticus leads by example, showing the highest respect for everyone in Maycomb, not distinguishing by color or class. His serious defense for Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman, proves his high ideals. Atticus fights a hopeless battle against the racism in the town. Atticus not only shows his non prejudice through the trial of Tom Robinson, but also through his everyday dealings with Calpurnia. Atticus ignores ... these years. She's a faithful member of this family and you'll simply have to accept things the way they are...” Atticus directly counters Alexandra's wish to get rid of Cal, showing the high value he puts on Calpurnia. Atticus even goes as far as to say he regards Cal as a “ faithful member of the family...” which goes against all that Alexandra has tried to teach Scout. Atticus ...
- 5207: How Should The Indian Mutiny B
- ... the importance of Indian religion, and the failure to do so here was to have disastrous consequences. In January 1857 a labourer at the Dum Dum arsenal near Calcutta, a low caste Hindu, taunted a high caste Sepoy who had offended him that “You will soon lose your caste, as long as you will have to bite cartridges covered with the fat of pigs and cows” . The news of this incident ... saw the notion of caste groups in themselves as appropriate basis units of analysis of revolt. Stokes saw a widespread distrust and dislike of the British for their undermining of religion. The British also imposed high land taxes and rents on the peasantry, and due to this often decreased landholders political standing a honour in their districts in relation to neighbouring clans. Thus, they disrupted the natural balance of society. However ...
- 5208: Sudden Infant Death Syndrom
- ... mailed questionnaires were used to examine twelve aspects of family life such as parental depression, health, and attachment to the infant in ninety-three families that had infants who were considered to be at a high risk for SIDS, and who were on home apnea monitors. There was also a matched comparison of eighty-six families with infants that did not require monitoring. The results showed that the mothers of monitored ... both causal and psychologically to a full extent. SIDS is a real problem in our society today, and it is one that can and must be dealt with, especially in USA. We have a very high infant mortality rate for a country of our stature. Our health care is top notch, but our babies are still not surviving. This can be prevented. The emotional strain that SIDS puts on parents is ...
- 5209: Albert Einstein 3
- ... At the age of 12 he taught himself geometry. Repeated business failure led the family to leave Germany for Milan, Italy, when he was 15 yrs old. He then used the opportunity to withdraw from school. He spent a year with his parents in Milan, and when it became clear that he would have to make his own way in the world, he finished secondary school in Arrau, Switzerland, and entered the Swiss National Polytechnic in Zurich. Einstein often cut classes and used the time to study physics on his own or to play his violin. He passed all of his ...
- 5210: The Deterioration of Salem During the Witch Trials The Crucible
- ... said, "There are wheels within wheels in this village, and fires within fires!"(26) Mrs. Putnam did her share of spreading rumors after she heard that the girls were flying, so she asked Parris "How high did she (Abigail) fly, how high?"(11). These rumors happened because people did not want any blame put on to themselves. This 'passing the buck' made people start fighting with one another such as Corey charging Putnam of having his daughter ...
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