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- 11171: Dante Alighieri 2
- Dante s Influence on Italian Culture Dante Alighieri was a very well known and influential poet in early literature. He was not only a poet, he was also a philosophical thinker, an active politician, and a religious ... Italian society and culture through his poetry and his prose (Dante Internet). His writings helped to unify the Italian language. His opinions on politics were new and many of his ideas are seen in today s politics (Holmes 23). These are the three key areas in which Dante was so influential. Dante s writings had a great impact on Italian literature, both in the nature of the topics and the style of the prose. His writings have been hailed the pillars on which the European literary tradition ...
- 11172: The Dawn of a New Age: PCP
- ... 1978). Although their research did not provide much useful data, it did begin a revolution in our knowledge of the chemical basis for schizophrenia (Nintey Fifth Congress, 1978). In 1987, the FDA removed Sernyl (phencyclidine's market name) from the human market and reserved it for use only as an animal tranquilizer, for which it is still used today (Peterson, 1978). Unfortunately, some individuals were still able to obtain the drug ... on the neuron. As was stated before, the effects of the excitory amino acids are mediated by the NMDA receptor subtype (in addition to 4 others) (Restak, 1995). It is known that one of PCP's major preferences lies with the NMDA receptor complex (Souza, 1993). The NMDA receptor "mediates ion flux through a channel permeable to Na+, K+, and Ca2+" (Souza, 1993). The ion flux is voltage dependent, which is ... antagonists (Souza, 1993), an exciting lead when it comes to determining the chemical mechanisms of schizophrenia, as related to a malfunction in the NMDA receptor function. Since PCP inhibits the NMDA receptor, the schizophrenic brain's NMDA receptors may be below normal functional parameters (Haberstadt, 1995). The Crazy Angel is Blamed There is no doubt that PCP induces a state very similar to positive symptom schizophrenia. There is some doubt, ...
- 11173: An American Crisis: Gulf War Syndrome
- ... effect of low-levels of chemical and biological warfare agents the troops were exposed to during their service in the Persian Gulf. I can justify my belief by the number of ailing vets and Saddam's stockpile of chemical and biological weapons. The use of chemical warfare in the Gulf is a reality. First there was the Iraqi Arsenal, they possessed several weapons of the death. They were building nuclear weapons ... a former CIA analyst, Patrick Eddington, revealed records from the 101st Airborne division that showed the division detected exposure to chemical agent. (AP 5) Besides the alerts and chemical warfare arsenal there were also Saddam's orders and threats. Iraqi papers that were intercepted by US intelligence reveals that Saddam ordered that chemical warfare was to be used on Allied targets, but his orders were not to be followed through. Saddam ... chemical detection alarms ringing. If this were a criminal case, a guilty verdict would have already been passed down. We were at war with Iraq, Saddam had the weapons, the one question how why didn't he launch a full chemical attack? I believe the answer is he did not want the Allies to launch a nuclear attack. If a full chemical assault were to happen on American Troops, less ...
- 11174: Monotheism Vs. Polytheism; The
- ... and practice give rise to a variety of philosophical issues, posing epistemological questions about the justification of religious belief, metaphysical questions about the nature of God and his/her existence in plural or singular form(s), and ethical questions about the relation of God to moral values. So many are the intersecting major philosophical concerns in the religious arena, and so immediate is the interest, that philosophy of religion is one ... fields of philosophical endeavor to both Christian philosophers and those of other persuasions. The focus of problems in the philosophy of religion, that will be centered on, are the grounds for the belief in God(s), the immortality of the soul, the nature of God(s) to humankind, and the problem of evil. Polytheism is distinguished from monotheism, on the basis of polytheism's claim that divinity, while personal and distinguished from the universe, is many rather than one. Most ...
- 11175: Mafia
- ... and harms innocent citizens. Any illegal activity that brings in big money the Mafia is part of. Union corruption has been the primary focus of many federal investigations and by the end of the 1980’s, four unions, the Teamsters, Longshoremen, Laborers, and Hotel and Restaurant Employees union, had all been identified as mob dominated. Not only does the mob find money makers in the United States, they finds ways to bring money to them from other countries. Alien smuggling generates more than $3 billion a year for the mob. Mobsters will kill without remorse and threaten anyone who won’t go along with what they are doing. To keep free from the arm of the law "corrupters nullify the law-enforcement and political processes primarily by outright bribery and other rationally designed forms of ‘influence ... contributes 15 percent of the 3 costs of local and state political campaigns which causes one to think that the mob may have a strong hold on many powerful politicians. Mafia involvement with legitimate business’s affects the public in many ways. Respectable bankers have become unwitting allies to the Mafia and most of the securities stolen in the United States during the last two decades are lying safely in ...
- 11176: College Hazing
- ... to wear humiliating items such as dog collars or diapers. It may look like an innocent prank, and may actually seem humorous, but stunts like this can deeply affect a person emotionally (Scleifer 42). Hazer’s in Greek societies have also been known to play the “buzz-saw” game in which a chainsaw is held inches away from a pledge until he/she screams in terror. This practice is used to ... member of them. Though some of the fraternities that have been suspended for acting against these anti-hazing laws, they continue to operate underground and make no effort to change their behavior according to Stockton’s Director of Student Development, Tom O’Donnell (Kempert 12). As of yet, there are virtually no associations that actively monitor the actions of fraternities and sororities. They are trusted to act in a responsible manner. As stated in Hank Nuwer’s Broken Pledges: The Deadly Rite of Hazing, “What possibly could be expected from a group of adolescents when you leave them alone to govern their own activities (Nuwer 34).” One may parallel these activities ...
- 11177: Hitler 2
- Njpa t,rAdolf Hitler, (1889-1945), Was a German political and government leader and one of the 20th century's most powerful dictators, who converted Germany into a fully militarized society and launched World War II in 1939. Making anti-Semitism a keystone of his propaganda and policies, he built the Nazi party into a ... never completed high school. He applied for admission to the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna twice but was rejected for lack of talent. Staying in Vienna until 1913, he lived first on an orphan's pension, later on small earnings from pictures he drew. He read voraciously, developing anti-Jewish and antidemocratic convictions. In World War I (1914-1918), Hitler, by then in Munich, volunteered for service in the ...
- 11178: Phencyclidine: The Dawn of a New Age
- ... 1978). Although their research did not provide much useful data, it did begin a revolution in our knowledge of the chemical basis for schizophrenia (Nintey Fifth Congress, 1978). In 1987, the FDA removed Sernyl (phencyclidine's market name) from the human market and reserved it for use only as an animal tranquilizer, for which it is still used today (Peterson, 1978). Unfortunately, some individuals were still able to obtain the drug ... on the neuron. As was stated before, the effects of the excitory amino acids are mediated by the NMDA receptor subtype (in addition to 4 others) (Restak, 1995). It is known that one of PCP's major preferences lies with the NMDA receptor complex (Souza, 1993). The NMDA receptor "mediates ion flux through a channel permeable to Na+, K+, and Ca2+" (Souza, 1993). The ion flux is voltage dependent, which is ... antagonists (Souza, 1993), an exciting lead when it comes to determining the chemical mechanisms of schizophrenia, as related to a malfunction in the NMDA receptor function. Since PCP inhibits the NMDA receptor, the schizophrenic brain's NMDA receptors may be below normal functional parameters (Haberstadt, 1995). The Crazy Angel is Blamed There is no doubt that PCP induces a state very similar to positive symptom schizophrenia. There is some doubt, ...
- 11179: Honesty
- Essay on Honesty Imagine this: You are at a MacDonald’s drive through. You have ordered only one cheese burger, but when you drive up to the collection window, the young trainee hands you a big bag filled with food and a handful of change. There ... change, feeling lucky that the trainee made a mistake with your order. Of course, the first action suggested above, (A) is the honest and truthful way to resolve the problem. However, unfortunately, most of Austrtalia’s youth population would choose the latter option, and therefore taking advantage of the young trainee’s mistake by gaining extra food and a whole handful of spare change. Below is the definition of ‘honesty’ from the Macquarie Encyclopaedic Dictionary: “Honest: 1. Honourable in principles, intentions and actions; upright, as in ...
- 11180: Don't Talk to Cops
- Don't Talk to Cops "GOOD MORNING! My name is investigator Holmes. Do you mind answering a few simple questions?" If you open your door one day and are greeted with those words, STOP AND THINK! Whether ... it and must be given to chance to read it. Without a warrent, an officer depends solely upon your helpfulness to obtain the information he wants. So, unless you are quite sure of yourself, don't be helpful. Probably the wisest approach to take to a persistant investigator is simply to say: "I'm quite busy now. If you have any questions that you feel I can answer, I'd be happy to listen to them in my lawyer's office. Goodbye!" Talk is cheap. When that talk involves the law enforcement authorities, it may cost you, or someone close to you, dearly. This info came from a leaflet that was printed as a ...
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