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- 12161: King Lear
- In a writing of Shakespeare's play "King Lear", the main character is King Lear who starts off as a respected and powerful king. As the story progresses the king loses his power because of his own stupidity and blindness. The tragedy of this play is shown through the daughters of the king, the fool, and finally when Lear's sanity is tested. At the beginning of the play, King Lear is powerful and harsh. He decides he doesn't want to be king anymore, and so he asks his daughters, Reagan, Goneril, and Cordelia to tell him how much they love him. He does this so he may give them a dowry to ...
- 12162: Movie: Delta Force - Suicide in Chinatown
- Movie: Delta Force - Suicide in Chinatown There was a normal afternoon in Chinatown. Everybody was really interested in Silvester Stalone's new action movie that was being played for the first time this weekend. Delta Force was the movie. Stalone was acting as a very famous cop. He became popular because one year before he killed ... everybody to line on the floor and picked the guys as hostages. When they ordered the hostages to line on the floor, one girl escaped from the place and called the police. The couple didn't ask for anything special. They just began to scream saying that they had the power and wanted the public attention. Five minutes after the girl escape from the cinema, the police arrived. There were more ... The 911 doctors tried to save the couple but the bullets in their head were too much to them. When the police was removing the dead body, a cop found a letter in the man's pocket that was telling that they loved too much each other but because their parents didn't like the romance they decided to die like Romeo and Juliet but in a Silvester Stalone's ...
- 12163: Depressioo
- ... what the psychological disease of depression is. But this is not the whole picture. We still need to examine what factors cause the onset of depression. Any illness that is contracted by a person doesn t just happen; in order for a disease to be contracted specific risk factors have to be present. The severity of the disease depends on the prevalence of the risk factors. The more prevalent they are ... disease will be. Many questions are often asked about depression and the answers are often debated (Robbins 21) . Are men or women more likely to become depressed? Does being in a minority group increase one s vulnerability? Does it make a difference whether one lives in an urban area or in the countryside? And what relation does the onset of depression bear to one s age? The answers to these questions will help us better understand (Robbins 21) the causing factors of depression and who is at the highest risk of developing the disease. Are women more susceptible to ...
- 12164: The Cost of Sleep Deprivation
- ... point in their lives, many of them chronically. It is estimated that thirty to forty million Americans suffer from serious sleep disorders that damage their sleep quality and their health. For millions more, the body’s need to sleep is treated as a waste of time. Nighttime hours are used for daytime activities, while cheating the body of precious sleep. In the past century, the average time asleep has been reduced ... than the suggested number of hours of sleep tend to be less alert and attentive, and more inclined to irritability and other mood problems. Despite this, sleep deprivation has an inconsistent impact on a person’s performance. The quality and efficiency of work depends more so on the amount of sleep lost and the nature of the task at hand. Negative effects are most likely when subjects are asked to work ... mishaps in the work place. The first system to start losing resources is the immune system. The decreased resistance to infection can also be related to the metabolic problems. What is known as synchronized sleep (S-sleep) normally plays a role in the restoration of the body and brain. More specifically, it may facilitate the synthesis of large molecules such as proteins and ribonucleic acids. However, when you deprive your ...
- 12165: Capital Punishment
- By: Jamie E-mail: happy_25@excite.com Capital Punishment What type of society kills its own people? The American culture’s morals have accepted the death penalty as a reasonable punishment. However, who gives us the power to determine when someone’s life should end. People who murder others should be punished and pay the price of their crime, but not killed. Our society feels so strongly that murder is wrong and criminals should be killed. In ... does not provide peace, justice, or happiness for a victim or their family. Robert Willies raped Debbie Morris and was later killed by lethal injection. Debbie Morris found no peace in Willies death. “Justice didn’t do anything to heal me. Forgiveness did.” (“Dad Man Walking: The Victim Who Survived” Debbie Morris and Gregg Lewis) A death of a criminal will not erase the past or make a victim’s ...
- 12166: The Giraffe
- ... salt deposits and chewing the bones of the dead animals. Giraffes have a big appetite and each day they spend hours eating. A large male giraffe can eat seventy-five pounds of food everyday. Lot's of nourishement is needed to supply energy to keep their bodies going. Everytime a giraffe raises its head up it lifts up to 550 pounds. A giraffe a can drink up to ten gallons of ... thorns, pods, and fruit mixed together with there saliva whole. The first stomach, the rumen, is mixed with juices and food. The only living relative of the giraffe is the okapi. This beautiful animal doesn't look like a giraffe. It is less than a half as tall as a giraffe and has a s shorter neck. Scentist say that the okapi looks a lot like ancient relatives of the giraffe that are no longer alive. In the past, the ancient giraffe relatives lived in many parts of Africa, ...
- 12167: The Entomology Of A Word
- ... most households in America own at least one. However, the meaning of the word "computer" has changed in the last century. The word itself is found in text as far back as 1646 when Sir T. Brown said, "The calendars of these computers." The use of "computer" in this sense, as defined by the OED, is one who computes; a calculator, reckoner; a person employed to make calculations in an observatory ... Universals is the broadcast transmission, which says that language is public and that anyone around the message will pick it up. Another aspect of language is that it is rapid fading, or if you don't get it right away, you won't get it at all. Hockett also said that language is arbitrary. An object could actually be called anything anyone wants to call it. In all, Hockett came up with nine aspects that all languages ...
- 12168: Egypt Civilization
- ... use them for the dry seasons. The farmers learned to lift water out of the Nile or wells and send it across the fields through a system of canals. In order for all of this t work out they had to work together, no one could do any of it alone. So as the farmers and people began to cooperate, an organization began to grow. They found leaders among them who ... from the tom paintings where women are shown wearing skintight transparent dresses with no underclothes. I guess they wanted the art more attractive. Men usually wore loin-cloths and short kilts. Much of the people's clothes were made of linen because for the mostly hot weather they needed light, loose, and easily washed clothes. Linen was perfect for that. Children went naked whenever it was warm enough. At about the ... acid (aspirin), to reduce inflammation, plus copper, sodium salts to help dry up the wound. Cream and flour were mixed to make a cast for a broken limb. With very bad diseases, where they didn't understand the cause, magic spells were mixed with the potions. Even if the magic didn’t work itself the patient felt a little better just thinking it might work. There are many gods and ...
- 12169: Book Report On 1984 By George Orwel
- ... about 39 and has on ulcer on his left ankle. He had to wear blue overalls as a rule of the party. He lives in Victory Mansions by himself. One vocabulary word that I didn t know I found on page 6, eddies, which is a current air running contrary to the main current. Also on page 6 I learned that in this place where Winston lives they use what is ... not knowing what to write. He just started writing about a war movie that he saw last night not even remembering why he bought this diary. On page 12, we meet a friend of Winston s, Charlie O Brien, who is a member of the inner party and a large burly man with a thick neck. Also, on page twelve, I did not know what bigoted meant. It means someone who ... to get themselves out of trouble. Then after a few weeks this girl ends of handing him a note and on it, its says that she loves him. Winston is shocked by this and doesn t know what to do because he is still married but has not seen his wife in 20 years. She is presumed dead. Winston then agrees to meet with her at a secret spot, which ...
- 12170: Drunk Driving(Interlock)
- ... saying he has consumed alcohol the vehicle will not start. When the vehicle starts and has been for around an hour the person must again blow into the machine to once again evaluate the person’s condition. The maximum aloud limit is .04 mg of alcohol per 100mL of blood. Each time the individual uses the system and small computer records information. The system it self costs around 135.00 with ... experiment time it was hard to get any long-term data out of the study created the other group. Referring back to the samples taken in Canada. 87% of them were men in there 30’s who were employed (75%). 43% of them were married living in normal relationship. 57% of them were single or divorced or widowed. Half the samples (50%) lived in rural small towns. (Weinrath) I believe the ... might only save a couple lives but think of how many families feel more secure with this system. I see this as a great idea and should include it in every car in the U.S. and Canada. This will make sure there is a designated driver at all times and the likelihood of an accident is minimized. This system I think would work great for first time offenders. I ...
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