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- 2841: Cival Rights Act 1964
- ... decision was met with resistance from the South, who formed their, "desegregation never campaigns." A group at odds with the Warren court and their radical judgements, the Southern contingent protested, "They put the Negroes in school and now they've driven God out" Slowly, with much violence and the use of federal marshals, and on occasion federal troops, segregation was achieved. The South had no choice, Congress had finally entered the scene with the new Civil Rights Act of 1964, which had delivered a mandate - desegregate the school system or lose all federal funding. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the first strong piece of civil rights legislation in almost ninety years. President John F. Kennedy had been elected and called on ...
- 2842: James Joyce
- ... consciousness technique and conciseness. Born in Rathgar, near Dubtin, in 1882, he lived his adult life in Europe and died in Zurich, Switzerland in 1941. The eldest of then children, Joyce attended a Jesuit boarding school Clongowes Wood from 18888-1891 and Belvedere College, another Jesuit school from 1893-1898. In 1902, Joyce graduated from University College and went to live in exile in Europe unable to tolerate the narrow-mindedness of his native country. Ironically, Ireland and Irish people become the ...
- 2843: To What Extent Does Acid Precipitation Affect Annelids?
- ... and Hall) Earthworms are easily used for experimentation by researchers because they are "widely distributed, familiar organisms, which are readily and cheaply available in large numbers." (Pierce, et. al, (Sep, 1988 Volume 70) Science Notes, School Science Review.) In soils of pH less than 5, earthworms are usually scarce, and soil breakdown is usually slow, making a "deep layer of slowly decomposing plant remains." (Pierce, et. al, (Sep, 1988 Volume 70) Science Notes, School Science Review.) This is a very obvious sign of wether or not earthworms are present, and more often than not, the pH range can be determined on sight. If you look through soil and see ...
- 2844: Charles Lindbergh 2
- ... of the world s aviation heroes and an American hero, was the first person to make a nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic. He was born on February 4, 1902, in Detroit. He went to school at the University of Wisconsin for two years, but dropped out to attend a flying school in Nebraska. He first started flying in 1922. Within four years, he was piloting a mail plane between St. Louis and Chicago. In 1919 Raymond Orteig from France offered $25,000 to the first person ...
- 2845: Invisible Man
- ... becomes indicative of the thoughts and problems of at least part of society. Bearing this in mind, a pursuit of "true" human invisibility will be examined. According to the web page for The Monte Vista School for Invisible Boys, invisibility is a disease that affects .02% of all children. These children suffer from a translucence of the pigmentation in their skin and are not cared for. This school aims to aid invisible children.(42) In another area of humanity, adults are becoming invisible. A woman stands in line in the post office for hours with people continually pushing in front of her, and ...
- 2846: Jack London 2
- ... major figure in the development of American astrology. During his childhood his parents weren't there for him and he was looked after by an ex-slave, Virginia Prentiss (Memmie Jennie). London dropped out of school at the age of fourteen, and worked at a series of low-paying sweatshops until he was sixteen. In 1894, during America's worst depression of his time, London traveled across the United States and ... various hard labor jobs, pirated for oysters, served as a fish patrol to capture poachers, sailed the Pacific on a sealing ship, joined Kelly's Army of unemployed working men, and returned to attend high school. University of California at Berkeley, is where London went when he went back. Jack started to become a writer to escape from the horrific prospects of life as a factory worker. He studied other writers ...
- 2847: Religion & Evolution
- ... accounting for cosmic origins.2 In the scientific community there is a well known and accepted theory known as the "Big Bang Theory". Most people know of this theory because they were taught it in school. Yet it usually contradicted what their parents and pastors taught them in church. As a result, the Big Bang Theory was generally discarded as something that intellectual minds which cannot exist upon the true faith ... the point was so very valid and without skeptical doubt, then why is it not being taught to our children? I understand the idea of separation between church and state, and the fact that the school is very much a part of state. Yet it seems to me that if the idea is a basic building block in todays society then why not teach this to the young? Why is ...
- 2848: Public Schools Vs. Private Sch
- ... for the opportunities of the present, but also for the future. This may create a more difficult and more discipline environment for students but also adds more factors that might be more of a public school would. Public schools are the choice for the majority of the population in the state. They provide government funding, teachers, and standards set by the state to unsure the success of the students. The government funds public schools, so they do lack some of the financial resources a privately funded school would. Public schools also have been known to have less one on one time between a teacher and the student. This lack of time can and in cases does hinder the progress of the student ...
- 2849: 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 ...
- 2850: Chlamydia 2
- ... age of first intercourse, monogamy, discussing sexual history with partners, and educating yourself about sexually transmitted diseases and sharing this information with friends. Community-based strategies include public awareness, HIV and STD risk reduction programs, school involvement, and targeting out-of-school adolescents through vocational training centers, detention centers, and recreation programs. Schools can provide rates of the disease, its adverse symptoms and consequences, information on treatment for sex partners, and where and how to obtain care ...
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