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- 10511: Siddhartha 4
- Siddhartha is a young man on a long quest in search of the ultimate answer to the enigma of a man s role on this earth. Through his travels, he finds love, friendship, pain, and identity. He finds the true meaning behind them the hard way, but that is the best way to learn them. He starts out by finding friendship with his buddy, Govinda. They have been friends ever since their childhood. There are really close, like each other s shadow. They have traveled and lived most of their life together. Govinda was a very loyal friend. Govinda, his friend, the Brahmin s son, loved him more than anybody else. He loved Siddhartha s eyes and clear voice. He loved the way he walked, his complete grace of movement; he loved everything that Siddhartha did and said, ...
- 10512: Euthanasia: The Right to Die
- ... to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless to resist." -Steward Alsop, Stay of Execution Euthanasia has become an issue of increasing attention because of Dr. Jack Kevorkian's assisted suicides. As of October 21 Kevorkian has assisted in nineteen suicides. Because of the increasing number of suicides in Michigan, Gov. Engler signed an anti-suicide law in late February that made doctor- assisted ... eighty percent of Americans think sometimes there are circumstances when a patient should be allowed to die, compared to only fifteen percent think doctors and nurses should always do everything possible to save a person's life. It also showed that eight in ten adults approve of state laws that allow medical care for the terminally ill to be removed or withheld, if that is what the patient "wishes", whereas only ... 1988, p. 24). Another reason is euthanasia will lead to the "devaluation of life" (Low, 1989, p. 37). Also they think it will force doctors and family members to "judge the value of a patient's life". Critics also say that acceptance will spread from the terminally ill to the less serious ill, the handicapped, or the mentally retarded. (Russ, 1989, p. 117) One reason that just about everyone who ...
- 10513: Experimental Protein
- ... and gel electrophoresis, not only a protein can be separated from cellular components but also from other proteins. An experiment was designed to separate protein contained in liver tissue of a cow based on it's molecular weight. From the centrifugation, soluble protein concentration extracted for the electrophoresis. Dilution was prepared of this concentrated extract; positive correlation made between the concentration of BSA and measured absorbance. This correlation helped to draft ... bands of ADH were closely related to some of the bands of liver protein extract. ADH, which is derived from horse contains some of the protein that are related to the proteins found on cow's liver cells. Closely ranged Rf value is key to similarities that exists between protein bands based on their molecular weight. The results of these experiments were compared with research group with similar interests; the results ... a peptide bond; peptide bond in synthesized by peptidyl tranferace located in the large ribosomal unit of the ribosome. The shape or conformation determines the function of a protein. The shape is determined as protein's polypeptide chain is synthesized by the ribosome (1,2). The structure of proteins is separated into four organizational level (primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary); it is based on the types of interactions among individual amino ...
- 10514: Suicide In Our Society
- ... is filled with pain and suffering and he is contemplating taking his own life. Although attitudes toward suicide have changed over the years, it has not ceased to happen. The first suicide prevention Centre didn't come until almost 4000 years later. In 1774, England created the first Centre to try to prevent attempted suicides. Suicide prevention isn't happening until it's too late. One high school, in a small town in Quebec, had four suicides in seven weeks. After these had happened, the school invited parents in to discuss suicide prevention. (CTV News 11:00 ...
- 10515: Player Piano
- ... new programs for more productive production. Even the rates of production and consumption are calculated by a computer (EPICAC), which is seated in the large Carlsbad cavern system. The EPICAC computer even determines the people's careers and in this way their whole lives. It gives intelligence tests to everyone, and on the basis of their results it sorts people into two categories - suitable for university entering exams and suitable for ... the other. He is a married, thirty-five-year old, tall, and thin man of darkish skin. His father was a celebrated founder of the local industrial plant and its first general manager. All Paul's career is before him, waiting for him. He is a candidate for a better job, and he might grow up in the hierarchy of the American industry to be offered the seat of general manager ... wife Anita relies on him and she still keeps telling him to be a correct son of his father. She trains him in the hierarchy rules and opportunism. He feels he should follow his father's tracks, but he is not very fond of being a general manager. He doesn't not know of any better job, and in fact he even would not want to get any. He tries ...
- 10516: Comparing Casablanca To 1984
- ... the end O'Brien is an agent of the Party, and Renault is a sympathetic Frenchman, who befriends Rick - Louis, this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Sam of course, is stability. He can't be bought or sold, and is seemingly a constant, always there and never too deep into the problems of the world. Sam represents the carefree aspect in all of us, the feeling that we'd ... not always who they seem. Rick and Winston both face the ultimate human enemy: the unimportance of the individual. Rick exemplifies this theme, as he relates to Ilsa: "The problems of two little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world." Simply put, individuals don't matter. That the events surrounding their world and time overpower those of the individual. In the world of 1984, we see the total eradication of the individual, and the loss of all personal rights. ...
- 10517: The Power of Obierika
- ... violence like women, cowering at the though of going to war against the Christians like dogs cowering before their master. Obierika could not help feel that he was at least partly at fault for Okonkwo's death. He should be the one to break the news to Okonkwo's wife and Ezinma. Obierika hesitated before the door to Okonkwo's obi. Obierika was a proud warrior just like Okonkwo, but somehow he could not muster the courage to break the news to Okonkwo's family. Besides, Okonkwo's death might be the fatal blow ...
- 10518: Colt Revolver: Inspiration from a Ships Wheel
- Colt Revolver: Inspiration from a Ships Wheel Sam Colt is now known as the inventor of the revolving pistol but, how it all came to be as we know it now is a mystery. The idea came to him as he ... In 1835, he went out to France and England to take out a patent on his new invention, then in 1836 he got an American patent. In 1837 he tried to to interest the U.S. Government into adopting this sidearm for military use, however they declined, stating that they were satisfied with what they had already. Colt however, was a master salesman. He knew that he had a great inverntion ... bundle of pistols into a bag and visited a battlefield, the best place to demonstrate killing power. That was the Seminole Indian war in Florida. There he demonstrated the weapons efficient use to the U.S. officers there. The officers were amazed at what they found and quickly ordered more. Captain G.T. Rains wrote to the war department: Its efficiency as a small weapon is unequalled by any in ...
- 10519: Antigone
- In the play "Antigone" by Sophocles, Creon and Antigone have distinct conflicting values. Creon's regard for the laws of the city causes him to abandon all other beliefs. He feels that all should obey the laws set forth by him, even if other beliefs, moral or religious, state otherwise ... strict. In "Antigone" Creon orders that Polyneices will not be buried because of his dishonor towards Thebes. Furthermore, if anyone is caught burying him they will be killed for disobeying his order. Polonieces is Antigone's brother. He is being punished because he attacked Thebes and betrayed Creon and the people of Thebes. Creon's harsh punishment on those who disobey the law makes many fear him and dare not to go against him. One example is Ismene's regard for Creon's laws. She tries to talk her ...
- 10520: Abortion: A Controversial Subject
- ... abortion topic is. Pro-life believes that rape and incest are very emotional topics. "They often elicit throughout the population feelings of revulsion; people draw back from the issue of rape and incest. People don't know how to handle a person who is in that much pain. There is no quick fix. That is why it is difficult for even pro-life people to come to grips with the argument over abortion in cases of rape and incest." Some of those who are pro-life will allow abortion in these cases because they don't know what else they can do for the victim and except it as a rare case. But it is known that allowing abortion in these cases usually does not help the victim, instead it only ... that "Abortion is not usually chosen as the immediate solution for rape and incest victims but that is the prevailing belief of the general population. A woman has been raped and made pregnant: "Oh, she's got to have an abortion." No one has studied the rape and incest victims needs; abortion is presumed to fill her needs." Various studies and research indicate that rape and incest victims fall into ...
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