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- 16551: Concentration Camps
- ... It was also a labor concentration camp, extracting prisoners' value from them, in the form of hard labor, for weeks or months. Auschwitz was the end of the line for millions of Jews, gypsies, Jehovah's Witnesses, and other innocents. Some spend almost two years in this most infamous of concentration camps. The average prisoner only survived eight weeks in Auschwitz. Some learned the ins and outs of survival in Auschwitz ... II) would have to be constructed. Auschwitz II was built just ection two miles west of Auschwitz I and would be called Birkenau. Prisoners were packed so tightly into the railroad cars that they couldn't even squat to sit, much less lie down to sleep. They rode for two days with no food, no water, no toilet facilities--with only dirty straw on the floor. They finally arrived at their ... first transports of Jews into the camp began on March 26, 1942 with the arrival of 999 Slovakian women. Since the crematoriums had not yet been built, women were housed in a newly established women's section in Auschwitz I, placed to work, and beaten daily at roll call. By the end of March there were 6,000 women prisoners in Auschwitz I. A third section of the camp, called ...
- 16552: Disabled People
- ... born differently from others. I just look at them as being unique in their own way. There is nothing wrong with them, every one has their differences. Theirs is just more noticeable. Disabled people don’t have it as easy as people may think they have it. Many teenage people are very rude to the disabled and they need to think about if they were different and everyone was rude to ... the way they have to live their lives. Buchanan has many students who are disabled. It is very unfortunate that there are so many of them. Disability awareness is a very big problem in today’s society. Most of the students who attend Buchanan high school don’t take into consideration that they have feelings too. Disabled people are real people just like us. They may think and act different that people we are used to being around. However they still need ...
- 16553: The Rime Of The Ancient Marine
- ... 18th and 19th century life. Romantics often remain bias on cultural diversity and perception over reason, while Victorians linger around the basis of philanthropy and modernization. Both supernatural and religious aspects surrounding Samuel Taylor Coleridge s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Christina Rossetti s Goblin Market tend to show similarities. A comparison between the two would show a significant explanation. Issues of cultural and spiritual backgrounds invoked by symbolist objects are commonly seen in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Goblin Market. At length did cross and Albatross, Thorough the fog it came; As if it had been a Christian soul, We hailed it in God s name. Lines 63-66 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner The significance of sighting the Albatross represents the first living creature the crew has seen, while stranded in the barren South Pole. When the ...
- 16554: Cleopatra
- When you think of Cleopatra you tend to think of Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile. Which isn’t far from the truth. Cleopatra was queen of Egypt, which is located on the Nile River. In her lifetime she had every luxury imaginable, which she used to gain the popularity of the roman authority ... in 69 BC She was the last Ptolemaic ruler. Her father was the Ptolemy XII. She was very, which added to her popularity of the Egyptian and Roman world. Cleopatra tried to preserve the country’s independence from Rome. Roman senators threatened Egypt’s independence and prosperity. In 55 b.c. Berenic IV was executed leaving Cleopatra the oldest child. In 51 b.c. her father died. Caesar chased Pompey to Egypt where Pompey was beheaded in Alexandria. ...
- 16555: Government Lies From Vietnam
- ... From Vietnam For nearly a decade, the civil conflict in Vietnam was merely a footnote to the evening news in the United States. But with the first reports of an “unprovoked attack” on the U.S. destroyer Maddox by the North Vietnamese in the summer of 1964, Americans were faced with a whole new vernacular of war. The United States government consistently lied to the American people through propaganda, censorship, and ... in order to gain support for the war effort. The governments deception of the American people can be separated into individual battles, CIA involvement, and involvement of the press. In order to understand the government’s situation, one must understand the social conditions of America in the 1960’s. First and foremost, the Civil Rights Movement was preparing to go into full swing. Many government agencies were involved somehow with this. For the most part, African-Americans felt they had put up with ...
- 16556: Capital Punishment
- Capital Punishment An issue that has continually created tension in today's society is whether the death penalty serves as a justified and valid form of punishment. The rapid increase in the national crime rate over the twentieth century has brought about endless debate on this topic ... that underlie the support for capital punishment, for it is certainly the only way to deal with the cruelty of crime that has infected our society. Some people say it is barbaric to take someone's life through electric chairs or gas chambers. They now have lethal injection where the person doesn't feel any pain. They also say it is religiously wrong to take another persons life. But the Bible calls for a penalty of death for more than thirty different crimes. The Bible states, "Whosoever ...
- 16557: Nullsoft's Winamp Review
- Nullsoft's Winamp Review Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high fidelity music player for Windows 95/98/NT. Winamp supports MP3, MP2, CD, MOD, WAV and other audio formats. Winamp also supports custom interfaces called skins, audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins. Nullsoft also provides a high quality website at http://www.winamp.com. The Winamp homepage provides support, information, software downloads, and music downloads for Nullsoft’s music products. Winamp is a high quality music player for your personal computer. The first thing to look for when considering a program to play music on your computer is sound quality. Nullsoft Winamp has ... to customize your music player makes the program easier to use. The user has the ability to make a “Play list” from the music files that are stored on the hard drive of the user’s computer. Play lists are easy to load and are not difficult to create. The Nullsoft Winamp website has a Plugin and Skin collection available for downloads to further customize your copy of Winamp. There ...
- 16558: The Underdogs
- Demetrio Macias’, Hope for the Commoners In The Underdogs written by Mariano Azuela, we are introduced to a character that strongly symbolizes the fuel of the Mexican Revolution. Heroes like Demetrio Macias brought the Serrano’s hope of giving them what they felt they truly deserved. Although Demetrio Macias, the general (colonel) of a rebel army is hunting down the army of Pancho Villa, he seems to have the same ideals ... Paint who represent the different roles that women played during the Mexican Revolution. The character of Demetrio Macias proves to be quite ironic. One facet of his character reveals his determination to find Pancho Villa’s army, while the other side of his character parallels the extraordinary qualities Pancho Villa had as a hero. People viewed Pancho Villa as a revered hero who pushed out foreign "proprietors" and fought for the ... on loyalty and trust, but to those who violated his trust and authority, he was merciless and cruel. We can clearly see the similarities of these two leaders when we analyze their noble actions. Demetrio’s reluctance to stop after he is injured is quite common among your average hero. He continues to fight for the cause, and keeps a strong focus on what his surroundings are. Demetrio plays the ...
- 16559: Do Less Blacks Than Their Fell
- Do less blacks than their fellow white Americans use the web? According to the Pew Study on Internet Usage , the answer is yes, but this study is also quick to point out that it’s not merely color, it’s a mixture of things. However, according to Leonce Gaiter , author of Is the Web too Cool for Blacks, “the web mocks…our fundamental beliefs, our core desires. (p 643)” Gaiter flatly states that the majority ... black deficiency, but continues to rattle on about prejudice and racism, not even stopping to document proper sources. Have morals and values changed in America and left blacks behind? According to Gaiter, the web can’t help us achieve our ‘50’s and ‘60’s ideals (p 643).” Blacks still want the traditional “American Dream.” Well, what is the “traditional” American Dream? Perhaps, the dream is to have a nice ...
- 16560: Ten Years Fron Now
- ... no children, and/or a widow living with my chronically ill mother. Becoming a productive member in our society is my dream. I like to work as a nurse to make positive differences in people's lives. To me, nursing is a very important role in our society because it serves people in both physical and emotional when they are most in need of care and attention. I see myself through ... referring a patient to a health clinic that can help with her particular needs. Everything else regarding my imagination or my dream may changed over time, but the self urge to help the sick won't ever be changed even in ten or twenty years from now. To be more helpful to the society, I need to continue my education to become an expert in nursing. I realize that the most ... I, on the other hands, want to settle down with a family. Most girls at my age want to get married, have kids, and have a happy family. I am no different. However, I don't think that I can maintain a family for long. The eager to become a working woman is way stronger than a dedicated mother and wife. I don't want to get marry, and then ...
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