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- 14401: Nikita Sergeyevich
- Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was born in 1894 to an illiterate peasant family in Kalinovka, a village near Russia's border with Ukraine. To supplement his family's meager income he began working at an early age, but despite this, and despite his father's second job as a coal miner, Khrushchev's family was unable to survive as farmers. In 1908 they moved to an industrial center in Ukraine, where young Nikita began working in a factory. It ...
- 14402: Treatments of Huntington's Disease
- Treatments of Huntington's Disease Researchers have identified a key protein that causes the advancement of Huntington's after following up on the discovery two years ago of the gene that causes this disorder. Shortly after the Huntington's gene was identified, researchers found the protein it produces, a larger than normal molecule they called huntingtin that was unlike any protein previously identified. The question that they did not know was what either ...
- 14403: Mark Antony
- Mark Antony The character of Mark Antony from Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar may be viewed as simply the confident and devoted supporter of Julius Caesar. On the contrary, Antony presents the qualities of a shrewd flatterer, a ruthless tyrant, as well as a loyal follower. Antony’s characteristics will change as the play progresses. He will begin using flattery to get what he wants, but he will eventually depend on his powerful relentlessness. Furthermore, Antony uses these various attributes to make him ... successful. Throughout the play, Antony uses flattering to achieve his goals. Following the assassination of Caesar, Antony quickly grasps that he must deal with Brutus, and he has the shrewdness to take advantage of Brutus’s gullibility. Antony has his servant say, “Brutus is noble, wise, valiant, and honest” (III i 126). From this point, it is clear that Antony intends to flatter Brutus and to work upon those personal ...
- 14404: Are Fit Women Feminine
- ... imperative to define what fit' and feminine' represent in this context. If the definitions of fit' and feminine' are similar then it is quite possible that a fit' body is more feminine'. In Helen Lenskyj's Women, Sport, and Sexuality, she uses words such as slim, trim, and fashionable to describe what it is to be feminine'. My definition of feminine' is a little more all-encompassing, it includes a fashionable ... tissue, well-developed muscles, and strong bones. All of these features lead to a more shapely body and an upright posture. Keeping in mind the definitions of fit' and feminine' I will now explore Lenskyj's commercialized fit' and my distinction between being fit' and looking fit'. Helen Lenskyj's article Women, Sport, and Sexuality explores the commercialization of the fit' body. She traces the image of the physically fit woman as it transforms from the 1960's to the 1990's. The 1960' ...
- 14405: Octavian Augustus
- ... first, and one of the greatest, Roman Emperors ever. Octavian enabled the long, peaceful time of the Pax Romana by changing Rome from a fragile, crumbling republican government to a great and mighty empire. Octavian's government was strong enough to withstand weak emperors who mishandled the Empire. His changes proved to be the cornerstone of the greatest empire the world has ever seen. During the Conflict of Orders, the lower ... of Rome to small farmers. The Senate, however, feared that the brothers were trying to take power away from the government. They ordered mobs to kill the brothers and hundreds of their supporters. The Gracchi's efforts were the beginning of the Roman Revolution (Hanes 1997). In 107 B.C.E., a popular general named Marius was elected consul. Because of his military background, Marius was interested in improving the army ... poor people decided to join in hopes that they would benefit financially from any victories. Soldiers became attached to Roman generals rather than the state because of the possible economic gains (Hanes 1997). The government's separation of the army would prove to be a major problem. Laws could only be enforced if The Republic controlled the armies. When the army followed a general rather than the government, the government ...
- 14406: Beowulf Vs. Parzival
- ... them what is virtuous. At first impression it seems as though Beowulf is the warrior who contains the honor within himself, but as the two characters are compared in depth, it becomes obvious that Parzival's journey through manhood brings him to a much more noble and honorable place. Beowulf and Parzival's journey's began on the same path, each fatherless, they strove to search out what they saw as adventure. They jumped to whet their desires for the unknown and the chance to be a hero. A ...
- 14407: Cardiac Pacemakers
- ... pacemakers have evolved from simple devices only capable of fixed-rate stimulation of a single chamber of the heart to more sophisticated "implanted computers" that medical personnel can interrogate and reprogram from outside the patient's body. These refinements have allowed for more physiologic pacing with maintenance of atrioventricular synchrony and cardiac output. There are various types of cardiac pacemakers available today that can be surgically implanted to treat specific arryhythmic ... contracts steadily but at a rate of less than sixty contractions a minute. This condition may be normal in some physically fit people, where their pulse may be quite slow. This is because an athlete's heart is considerably stronger and is capable of pumping a larger volume of blood per heart beat than someone who is less physically active. However, in other people, cardiac output is decreased which can cause ... electrical current enters or leaves the heart. The pulse generator corrects for a defective sinus node or conduction pathway by emitting rhythmic electrical impulses similar to those of the sinus node. In the mid-1950's cardiac pacemakers referred to a large piece of electrical equipment that resuscitated patients at the hospital. Since the transistor technology had not yet surfaced, the pulse generator was simply a plug-in device the ...
- 14408: Julius Caesar
- ... from several citizens...to great the opinion that Rome holds of his name.” (a1 s2 L105-109) Cassius goes through so much trouble to get to Brutus because he “sits high in all the people’s hearts.” (a1 s3 L157) Cassius goes out of his way to tell Brutus of Caesar’s weaknesses and faults. He eagerly plays upon Brutus’ words as they come from his mouth. Cassius proved himself manipulative in getting Brutus to join the conspiracy. Decius manipulates Caesar’s thinking into leaving the safety of his home. Each reason Caesar brought up to stay in his home, Decius gave him an explanation in which he should forget them and go to the capitol. ...
- 14409: Macbeth - The Masks Of Lady Ma
- ... from what they are actually feeling internally. Individuals wear these masks to protect hidden, troubled emotions they feel or to hide from society because of inner fears of revealing their true selves. In William Shakespear's famous play Macbeth, Lady Macbeth uses masks of power and evil to conceal tremendous emotions of guilt and weakness. Lady Macbeth's incredible desire for power is first introduced in Act I of the play when she begins to read a letter from her husband. As she reads about the witches's prophecy of Macbeth becoming king of Scotland, she begins to accumulate villainous ideas in her mind. Only the death of the king would allow the witches's predictions to come true. King Duncan's ...
- 14410: The Odyssey And Its Themes
- The Odyssey and Its Themes Homer s great literary classic, The Odyssey, represents and illustrates many emotional and mental values. All of these values can be classified under three different main themes that are constant throughout the epic tale. These themes are: A boy s struggle to be a man, a king s struggle to reclaim his kingdom, and a man s struggle to return home. As one reads this book it will become more and more evident to them that a man s struggle to get ...
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