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- 5751: Florence Nightengale
- ... almost superhuman labors in the field of nursing. Florence Nightingale was born in Italy in 1820 and was named Florence after her birthplace. A brilliant child, Florence attained outstanding academic achievement in her years attending school. Florence grew up to be a lively and attractive young woman, admired in her families elite social circle and was expected to make a good marriage, but Florence had other concerns. In 1837, Florence was ... The London Times Florence was able to raise one million dollars, a terrific amount of money in those days, to improve the quality of nursing. In 1860, she used this money to found the Nightingale School and Home for Nurses at Saint Thomas Hospital. She also became involved in the training of nurses for work in the workhouses. In later life Florence Nightingale suffered from poor health and in 1895 she ...
- 5752: Romeo And Juliet: Violence And Bloodshed
- ... the play's first scene, using a figure of speech and setting up a theme that will be played out the next five acts. Like the poles of an electrical circuit between which runs the high voltage of emotions, love, and hate create a dialogue and dialectic, a dynamic tension which powers the action and generates heat. When I noticed that the two plays this season had settings is Verona, I ... enough for you?" The connection between heat and violence is well-known and documented. In 1969, the United States Riot Commision, investingating the ghetto riots that day on which the violences first erupted was quite high. If fact 9 out of 18 of the riots the temperatures reached over 80 degrees. This only proves that, Hate can be the fever of the mind.
- 5753: Economics Of Eisenhower .
- ... have. The Korean War is ending and this is going to have a profound affect on the economy of the United States. During the war the country was prosperous but afterward there is always a high risk of increased inflation and an increase in unemployment. These conditions have the ability to cause a recession. Now that an armistice has been reached in Korea, a recession is beginning to occur (Pach and ... time decrease the amount of sales of foreign business. The fastest method for accomplishing this task is to increase tariffs, as in taxes on foreign goods coming in to the country. When these taxes are high it costs the foreign companies much more to ship goods into the United States. In order to compensate these costs the companies must increase the price of their goods. When people in American see foreign ...
- 5754: Future Of Television
- ... am going to show you what technology is doing for television from now, into the next century. Sit back, relax, and buckle up as we embark on our journey through time. To start off, HDTV(high definition television) is what we have to look forward to in the next three to five years. Now, you are probably asking yourself what is HDTV? HDTV is an all-digital TV broadcast signal that delivers high-resolution, wide-screen picture, and six channels of digital sound. Though computer experts and scientists are working on a more advanced 3D and polygraphic television, it is too far away to tell when it will ...
- 5755: Early Chinese Immigrant
- ... by many countries. Chinese came to America for a myriad of reasons. The main reason was because of the myth of the Gam Saan ("Golden Mountain.") Other reasons were due to overpopulation, poverty, hunger, flooding, high taxes, bad economy, collapsing government, and crop failure. When gold was found in California and short on hand of workers, many Chinese travel into America to get rich quick. A young man in Canton wrote ... were held in virtual slavery. They were ensnared by brokers into this system by debts, clan war prisoners, or kidnapping. (From Gold Rush) Like the African slave trade, this method flourished over Asia and had high mortality rates due to cramped quarters and malnourishment. It was referred to as the "buying and selling of pigs." Hawaii made use of this practice in order to fulfill the great demand of the booming ...
- 5756: Isaac Newton
- ... much money. Isaacs mother soon remarried and had three more children. His mother expected him to manage the farm, but he really didn't care for that much and instead was sent back to grammar school to prepare for college. When he finished grammar school and attended Trinity College, University of Cambridge, at age 18. He started college in 1661 and while he was there he learned of the scientific revolution that had been going on in Europe. After abandoning ...
- 5757: Online Recruiting And Employee
- ... the Applicant Placing your resume online and searching company websites is free of charge so the candidate can benefit from cost savings over traditional methods of job searching. It can be very expensive to purchase high quality paper and envelopes as well as stamps to send a company your resume and cover letter. The electronic method also is less expensive compared to fax machines for long distance calls. E. Speed Issue ... toe physical and access to all medical records." (Michael P. Cronin, pg.4) In the United States, eleven of the states limit the use of this medical information to job-related needs. There is a high cost to the employer to give physical exams to potential employees so this is often done after other screening procedures are completed. "According to the Uniform Guidelines, physical examinations should be used to screen out ...
- 5758: Compaq Computers
- ... company. Their first idea was a portable personal computer that was sketched on a paper placemat in a Houston pie shop. The founders presented their idea to Ben Rosen, president of Sevin Rosen Partners, a high-tech venture capital firm. The venture capitalists were impressed with the idea of a portable product innovated within the emerging standard and agreed to fund the new company. Their brainchild was the world's first ... of $64 million during 1997. Services revenue growth for 1998 was because of the acquisition of Digital. With the acquisition of Digital, Compaq now has a world class services organization with market-focused solutions and high availability support, particularly in the communications, manufacturing and finance industries. Services revenue for 1997 and 1996 mainly was to professional services provided by Tandem. Services revenue for North America in 1998 grew $1.2 billion ...
- 5759: Alcohol
- ... or activities. Alcohol comes to be used more as a mood-changing drug than as a foodstuff or beverage served as a part of social custom or religious ritual. Initially, the alcoholic may demonstrate a high tolerance to alcohol, consuming more and showing less adverse effects than others. Subsequently, however, the person begins to drink against his or her own best interests, as alcohol comes to assume more importance than personal ... the nature of alcoholism, the social stigma attached to it decreases, alcoholics and their families tend to conceal it less, and diagnosis is not delayed as long. Earlier and better treatment has led to encouragingly high recovery rates. In addition to managing physical complications and withdrawal states, treatment involves individual counseling and group therapy techniques aimed at complete and comfortable abstinence from alcohol and other mood-changing drugs of addiction. Such ...
- 5760: Motion Picture Directing
- ... a success. When determining the angle that a camera should be placed, the director will decide by which part of the face he would like to view. The types of angles are either low or high view (Marner, p.''6). The low angle will tend to make the audience look up at the actor while the high angle tends to lose the three dimensional form (Marner, p.''6). Also, the length of the camera away from the actor needs to be taken into consideration. The director should decide on how far away ...
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