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- 12091: Large Mouth Bass
- ... when a bass is hiding, it usually stays in an area where there are lily pads, where a tree has fallen, or where a bunch of sticks are. This gives the fish cover from it's predators. Another reason why it chooses this enviroment, is because it is easier to sneak up on its prey. If the bass is hidden, its prey will not see it until it is too late ... show agonistic behavior once a year. The only time of year that bass show agonistic behavior is during the spawning season. during the spawning season the males make nests with territories. Each male has it's own territory and if it is invaded they fight. Most of the time the male defending the nests wins, because the other male thinks it isn't worth it. The rest of the year the bass do not have set territories, so they do not have to show agonistic behavior. Another reason why, is because there is no dominant so there ...
- 12092: Is Chivalry Alive Today
- Chivalry is the type of thing that would be great to have in our society but I don’t believe that it exists too much anymore in the world today. Let me break down here some of the chivalry rules compared with the actions of the people of the current world. One rule of ... in the days of King Arthur this was carried out greatly but if you look at the lack of respect given to women today you see that this rule of chivalry no longer exists. Women’s right have made great strides in the past few decades but women are just not given the respect that they deserve. Women were put in high regards back in King Arthur’s day. Now they are not as respected as they should be. When you look at the cases of rape, assault, and battery you see just why the Knights were so honorable. There are some ...
- 12093: Presuppositions of The Game Theory
- ... The two presuppositions that will be discussed are money and measurement and the role of the rules. Money and Measurement In business, as in most games, we like to keep score. As one of Soloman's businessman friends told him "in business you always know how well you are doing. You just have to put your hand in your pocket." People often think the more money one has, the happier they are. You often hear people say "if I only had more money, I would be happy." Frequently the perceived level of success is compared to the size of one's bank account, the location of their house or the amount of cars in the driveway. People seem to perceive money as being happiness. Soloman says that keeping score, although it is not an essential feature ... theory. He thinks that the best way to keep score is to have a dependable point system, a definite unit of worth, which is money. Soloman rejects this presupposition by first stating that "money isn't the only or even primary social good", and "money is only a means and not an end." Soloman agrees with these statements but to further reject this presupposition, he goes on to discuss another ...
- 12094: Biography of Katharine Hepburn
- ... acting. During her senior year at Bryn Mawr, Katharine met Ludlow Odgen Smith. That was 1927. In 1928, she and “Luddy” (her nickname for him) were married. They moved from Hartford to New York. Kate's acting career started in 1928 when she played in a New York Production of The Big Pond. The first Broadway production she played in was The Night Hostess where she had a small role. Miss ... play These Days. It opened in her hometown, Hartford, Connecticut. She was praised by critics for her performance. She earned a one hundred twenty-five dollar a week salary for These Days. In the 1930's, that was a very high salary for begining actresses. Katharine served as Hope Williams's understudy in Holiday. She sat through every performance for six months. One day at understudy rehearsal, Aurhtur Hopkins, the director, watched her act. “Fine,” he said, “Just don't ever be sorry for yourself.” ...
- 12095: Abortion
- ... cruel and most of all, it goes against the word of GOD. When a woman decides to have sex she is taking the chance of getting pregnant, even if she uses protection. If she doesn't want to get pregnant she shouldn't have sex, and she should be responsible enough to suffer the consequences. For example, Carrie is very promiscuous and finds out that she is pregnant, so she goes and has an abortion. Next time Carrie finds out that she has HIV, well she can't pay someone to get rid of her problem so she has to deal with it. Why shouldn't she have to deal with the fact of being pregnant? There are many other options to ...
- 12096: The Legend of Baby Doe
- ... This ended the lumber boom and mcCourt went into debt to the bank. Elizabeth loved attention from men when she was a teenager and she liked to be talked about, even if the talk didn't compliment her. Her sisters were jealous of her most of the time. Even their parents lavished affection on her. To put it plainly, Elizabeth was spoiled. She always went her own way and damned anyone ... energetic developers. Baby Doe, as the miners who worked for her had nicknamed her, did not like the idea of being a day-laborers wife and did not mind telling her husband that she wouldn't stand for it very long. Harvey left Baby for long periods of time, and in November 1878, while Harvey was still absent, Baby Doe learned that she was pregnant. Harvey was found by his father and brought back to Baby. He got another job working nights at a mine. On July 13, 1819, Baby Doe's baby boy was stillborn. After the death of his son, Harvey was a greatly absent husband. Though hesitant, Baby Doe finally decided to divorce him. She then moved to Leadville. Here, Baby met Horace ...
- 12097: It Is Human Nature to Strive for Success and Personal Achievement
- ... and apply that thought to a large unified country or nation, your going to end up with a huge imperialistic power. Meaning that if you add these two thoughts together, it will form the world's strongest powers. A perfect example of this statement are the five VETO powers. Every single one of the five VETO powers are imperialistic. How did they get where they are. The gov't created a sense of pride in their country using propaganda and other gov't schemes. This formed a strong military, which appeared as a threat to other countries. They then could go into other countries and spread their influence and conquer. A perfect example of N+C=I! ...
- 12098: Hiroshima 6
- ... Hiroshima, John Hersey introduced Miss Toshiko Sasaki, a young woman who lived in the Japanese city of Hiroshima. On August 6, 1945, the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. On that day, Miss Sasaki's life was forever changed. The adversities that Miss Sasaki faced brought changes to her life. Her parents had died in the bombing but her brother and sister survived. She had to take care of both ... by herself. She got a job as an attendant at an orphanage after enrolling her brother and sister there. She received child care training and eventually qualified to be a nursery school teacher. Miss Sasaki's leg was injured after the bombing. After recuperating, she could walk normally again. However, her leg would give her pain for the rest of her life. Miss Sasaki, once engaged, was single again. Her fiance did not want to marry her because she was a hibakusha and a cripple. One of the biggest changes in Miss Sasaki's life happened when she converted to Catholicism. At first, she did not believe in it. However, one day after feeling a burst of joy, she converted herself. She knew that she wouldn't get ...
- 12099: Abortion
- ... old girl should be. With problems relating to boys and meeting assignment deadlines, rather than the hard stuff. The kind of stuff a baby would otherwise provide to her with open arms. Unfortunately there isn’t, so we were left with the option of ending the baby’s life. This course of action was in the best interest for everybody involved. The baby would’ve been better off, as a 15 year old girl is too young to properly take care of a ... life. A life that had not even begun to live and experience what the world had to offer. But it was all for the best. For if the child were to have been born. It’s future would’ve been a grim one. One not of blue skies and green grass, but one of lost dreams and fake truths. It’s not like bringing up children was never one of ...
- 12100: Factors that Influence Drug Addiction
- ... a working definition of this psychological disease. Addiction is said to be an involuntary need to use drugs, and the inability to stop or curb the usage regardless of the severe consequences that plague addict’s lives. The process, by which an individual becomes addicted to drugs and/or alcohol, is an intricate combination of biological and psychological factors. Although it has been argued that people can become addicted to various ... psychological factors that creates, maintains, and subsequently sustains addiction. The availability of the drugs play the most prominent role in the addiction process. Simply stated, if drugs and/or alcohol did not exist there couldn’t conceivably be a drug addiction. Nevertheless, drugs and alcohol do exist, so it isn’t their existence that effects the addiction, but how readily available to the addict each substance is. The Vietnam Veterans, who used heroin during the war, are an excellent example of how availability strengthens the ...
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