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- 11661: Sleep Apnea
- Sleep Apnea Sleep, why do people sleep at all? Why can't we just stay awake? Some biologist suggest that sleep provides the opportunity to conduct self-repair and purge the body of it's waste that has built up during the day's activity. Nevertheless, the body is capable of repairing itself and disposing of wastes during waking hours, so sleep in a way really isn't necessary for routine maintenance (e.g., urinating, etc.). Dr. Quentin ...
- 11662: Legalizing Marijuana
- ... those who are pro marijuana and those who are anti marijuana. These two factions have been fighting on this issue on the halls of justice for years. Pro marijuana legalization groups such as the Physician's Association for AIDS Care, National Lymphoma Foundation argue that marijuana should be legalized in order to treat terminally ill patients. Among them are AIDS victims who find that marijuana stimulates their appetites so they can ... marijuana can be a drug of necessity in the treatment of AIDS, glaucoma, cancer and multiple sclerosis. '' Many agencies which are anti marijuana such as Drug Enforcement Agency and police departments argue that marijuana shouldn't be legalized. These agencies believe that marijuana shouldn't be legalized because if marijuana is to become legal then thousands more patients using marijuana. Then people will raise the question why marijuana illegal at all if its a medicine. The main reason why ...
- 11663: On The Waterfront
- Setting – The story starts out in the nineteen fifties in a typical small town exploited by the mob. The title On the Waterfront befits it well, for the town’s only way of employment is working on the docks for the mob. The mob controls everything in this town; they are the union and the law. If anything accurs you don’t know anything about it. Even if you were right there you were blind or D&D (Deaf and Dumb). Situation – The situation in the town is that a very prominent man in the town was ... who killed her brother. The priest plays the role of the godly guiding force that directs the characters to tell the truth and to stand up to the evil forces of the mob. "They won’t be beat by saying silent" he rallies them to stand up. He also directs Terry do confess to Iddie about her brother. Final Outcome – After truly listening to the priests speeches and looking around ...
- 11664: The Legalization Of Marijuana: Pros And Cons
- ... those who are pro marijuana and those who are anti marijuana. These two factions have been fighting on this issue on the halls of justice for years. Pro marijuana legalization groups such as the Physician's Association for AIDS Care, National Lymphoma Foundation argue that marijuana should be legalized in order to treat terminally ill patients. Among them are AIDS victims who find that marijuana stimulates their appetites so they can ... marijuana can be a drug of necessity in the treatment of AIDS, glaucoma, cancer and multiple sclerosis. '' Many agencies which are anti marijuana such as Drug Enforcement Agency and police departments argue that marijuana shouldn't be legalized. These agencies believe that marijuana shouldn't be legalized because if marijuana is to become legal then thousands more patients using marijuana. Then people will raise the question why marijuana illegal at all if its a medicine. The main reason why ...
- 11665: To Kill A Mockingbird
- In the opening chapters of “To Kill A Mockingbird,” Harper Lee introduces several subtle instances of racism. However, when Jem and Scout are welcomed into Cal’s Church in chapter 12, the reader really gets to travel behind the false disguise of Maycomb County’s white society to see the harsh realities of the injustices suffered by the blacks. The black community is completely separate from the whites -- in fact, Cal lives in a totally different part of town! Another example of total racial segregation is the fact that Jem and Scout have never been to “that part of town,” so they are unfamiliar with the Church’s way of singing hymns (“lining”), and they don’t understand “nigger talk.” Even Lula, one of the black church members, says, “they got their church, we got our’n.” Poverty is another injustice suffered ...
- 11666: The Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pittman
- The Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pittman In the novel The Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pittman, there were many different stories about Jane Pittman’s life. In the movie there were not as many stories as the novel, but they were still quite interesting. The novel and the movie had many similarities and differences. Some of the similarities were very ... Just from the beginning, in both the movie and the novel, Ned carried the two rocks that made the fire for Jane and Ned. Ned then moves away and writes Jane, but the letter doesn’t reach Jane for a whole year. Albert Clevoue shot Ned in both. Joe had to pay colonel Dye for getting him out of trouble with the Ku Klux Klan. Colonel Dye was selfish and asked ... hoo-doo. Sure enough, Joe was killed by a horse. Later, a boy was born, and they called him "The One." His name was Jimmy. They wanted him to become a preacher, but he didn’t want to. Differences that were highly noticeable were that in the novel, the interviewer was a teacher that wanted her information for his class and in the movie, it was a magazine reporter. When ...
- 11667: Mila 18: The Affair
- ... explain to you why Deborah Bronski had an affair with Christopher de Monti when she knew it was wrong. Deborah and Christopher are both characters in the book Mila 18 by Leon Uris. In Deborah's childhood there were some reasons that could have caused her to have an affair. Her childhood is outlined below with some of the things that may have caused her to have this affair. Deborah Androfski ... at the age of eighteen. Deborah stepped into the world too fast, she had not experienced it enough. She had never really been with any other man. It seemed throughout their marriage that what Deborah's mother told her about men was true. Deborah's mother told her to be careful of those boys. She told her that they would make her pregnant. Deborah first became pregnant, and recalled what her mother said to her. Deborah also recalled her ...
- 11668: To Kill a Mockingbird: Racism
- To Kill a Mockingbird: Racism If we don't understand the meaning of evil, how can we justify something as evil? We label things because we feel the horror that will come from them. If we don't know the consequences for actions, how can we state which actions are right and wrong? That is why we need to teach To Kill a Mockingbird. To Kill a Mockingbird gives examples of racism, prejudice ... positive point from our past however, but rather a negative period from our history. It shows our past mistakes in order to lead to the fortune of our future. For example, one of the book's themes is racism. Racism is defined in the dictionary as the belief that one race is superior to another. That is also the way that To Kill a Mockingbird defines it. However, the dictionary ...
- 11669: Gun Control: Is It A Problem?
- ... stricter gun control laws and they require bare arm safety courses. These laws have a direct relationship to the number of gun deaths which occur each year from country to country. Perhaps if the U.S. would adopt some of those laws the number of deaths would drop accordingly. Winthrop addressed such a dilemma almost 350 years ago in his "Speech to the General Court" in 1645. Winthrop's two main problems were where do the rights of people stop and the magistrates' authority begin. According to Winthrop, people are naturally evil, and if left to their own devices, they will become even worse. Therefore, authority is a necessity. This same principle holds true for gun control. People here in the U.S. have the "right to bare arms," but with that right comes responsibility. As an American with that right you're not free to shoot anyone or anything at will. Government should create laws to ...
- 11670: Postal Service As a Monopoly
- ... from the others. Generally the best type of market structure for the general public is perfect competition because it creates the lowest possible price for the public. There are some exceptions where perfect competition isn?t the best choice for the public on account of various reasons. The United States Postal Service is one of them and since the Postal Service is a monopoly, it is its own market. This paper ... when the Postal Service redeemed a 1.5 billion dollar loan two years in advance which will save them 22 million dollars of interest in the next two years (#3,1). The Postal Service isn?t stopping with the revenue that it is receiving now. The Postal Service is planning to increase its international revenues of $1.2 billion by twice the amount in the next five years and ten-fold ... goes. But it is speculated if the United States Postal Service does keep increasing its profits over the years, maybe it will be privatized. Bibliography 1) United States. "General Accounting Office, Changes in the U.S. Postal Service's cash management practices could increase income and reduce cost": report / by the U.S. General Accounting Office, Washington: General Accounting Office,","1979 2) United States. General Accounting Office, "Changes needed in ...
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