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- 18881: The Journey of Lewis and Clark
- ... Pacific Ocean and back. Lewis was born near Charlottesville, Virginia. In 1794 he joined a local militia to put down the Whiskey Rebellion, after that he joined the regular army. He became President Thomas Jefferson's private secretary from 1801 to 1803. After the expedition, Jefferson appointed Lewis the governor of Louisiana Territory in 1807. Lewis died in 1809 from an unknown cause traveling to Washington on public business. William Clark ... and animal life in the area, and about customs, dress, and economy of the Indians. They discovered many new species of animals and plants of the area, some of them were grizzly bear and Clark's nutcracker. The expedition helped establish the legal claim the U.S. later made for the territory, and it opened a route for settlers and fur traders. Lewis and Clark did fail to find a water route from Mississippi to Pacific Ocean, Because there isn't ...
- 18882: Antibiotics
- ... tuberculosis, syphilis, and several kinds of infections. People have been using antibiotics for more than 2,500 years. They used molds to help cure some skin infections and rashes. It was in the late 1800's that the real study of medicine began. Louis Pasteur discovered that bacterium was the cause of disease, and proved wrong the theory of spontaneous generation. After him there was Robert Koch, who developed a method ... kill microbes, but they proved to be either dangerous or ineffective. In 1928 there was a discovery by Alexander Fleming. He detected that a substance he called "penicillin" destroyed bacteria. Then in the late 1930's, two British scientists invented a method of extracting penicillin from the mold. This was the start of developing new drugs to treat diseases and bacteria. Over the years, numerous thousands of antibiotic material have been ... ways, they can one, prevent the cell wall from growing; two, obstruct the cell membrane; or three disrupt the chemical processes. When the antibiotic prevents the cell wall from forming, the antitoxin surrounds the bacteria's membrane, and then it forms a rigid wall that stops the cell wall from splitting open, which would produce another cell. The humans' cells are not hurt by this because human cells do not ...
- 18883: The Jury System
- ... of investigation, resistance against polictics' and judical plot, and making of democratic consciousness. For example, if a public prosecutor submit unlawful proof without trial permission, counsel makes an objection to it. A chief judge can't admit counsel's objection. Defendant is at a disadvantage. However, there is a possibility that jury system will check rotting of trial. Jurors need not explain reason of verdict to court. If juries feel way of investigation is ... an unemployed person. As a result jurors who have not even seen stock averages are to make the decision for an important and difficult case involved in the Antimonoply Law. It is said that citizen's ability to execute for jury's duty is the problem. But I do not think so. There are not scientific grounds for their abilities.It is a prejudice.Law degree and no proper ability ...
- 18884: Teenagers
- ... like appearance through starvation. Teenagers are under a lot of pressure to succeed and fit in. Many spend a lot of time worrying about what others think and they desperately try to conform to society's unattainable "ideal" body image. They are lead to believe that if they are thin, they will be accepted. Since many teenagers are constantly buying teen or fashion magazines, the images of emaciated models appearing in ... confused and may find that eating helps to comfort them and make the feelings disappear for a while. Most people with eating disorders will try to avoid conflicts at all costs, so they usually don't express negative feelings and try to wear a happy face all the time to try and please people. They end up using food as a way to stuff down all those negative feelings and purging ... where the parents are very weight conscious, could lead the teenager to believe that weight and appearance are very important. Many teenage girls learn to diet by watching their mothers. Instead of learning that it's what's on the inside of a person that matters, they learn that appearance and looking good, which to them means being thin, is the most important part of being a woman. Schools should ...
- 18885: Learning Is For Everyone
- ... an overall deeper knowledge of the world around us. Despite the reasoning behind it, the university experience is one that should be experienced by all. The types of university courses are changing to reflect today s society. It does vary from college to college, but quite often today a student can just about customize his or her own degree program. This allows someone to study a particular subject or learn more ... a degree program. This is helpful for those taking courses such as foreign languages, basic business, or even arts and crafts-related courses. The idea of the community college is superb, allowing those who don t have a lot of money to spend on such an investment the opportunity to study at a lower cost. These colleges are also less severe about whom they let in. For example, if someone who ... chosen when entering college. I disagree with the fact that the author is against everyone having the opportunity to learn. When he states, we insist on stating that pretty much everyone can learn, that it s only a matter of tapping untouched potential (The Museum of Clear Ideas, 155). I do believe that everyone can and should learn. We as a society should at least provide opportunities for everyone to ...
- 18886: Leprosy
- Leprosy or Hansen's Disease, is a disease that affects primarily the skin and nerves. It was discovered in 1874 by a Norwegian physician Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen.The disease was thought to have started somewhere in India and then was past on to Africa and Europe. In the late 1800's leprosy was very common throughout Europe. It became less and less through Europe and spread to areas of Africa that had bad nutrition and unhealthy living environments. Today the disease is not very common. Worldwide ... are now able to grow the bacteria in test tubes. The normal form of leprosy seen in most cases is called dimorphous. This form is what a person first gets, but when the body can't fight it turns into lepromatous. This formattacks nerves, the skin, the mucous membranes, and the eyes.In most cases it is easy to detect the disease. At first many people will loose a sense ...
- 18887: The Death Penalty
- The Death Penalty Death penalty is the highest penalty in the United States. People have different thinking about death penalty, or in other way capital punishment. A 52% majority dont think the death penalty deters people from committing crimes, and 60% dont think vengeance is legitimate reason to execute someone . Since 1976 in United States were made 3,214 executions. Twelve of them were made by US Government, and nine by US Military. From 50 states in ... system, said that in the future he would produce microwave helmets. It would destroy brain and all brain functions. It would shut down both the automatic and conscious nervous system. Within a second the executees brain would be cooked from the inside out. While executions are being abolished in most parts of the world (except Iran, Iraq, China, Yemen and some former Soviet states), Americans seem to want more ...
- 18888: Hitler
- ... build. He attacked countries that contained Jews and marched them to concentration camps in order to make them suffer. Some Jews went into hiding so they could survive. They had to hope that they wouldn't have their passages discovered and be marched away to a dreaded extermination camp when they knew that it only meant death. Hitler did horrible things to Jewish people because he was inferior and hungry for power. Hitler had Jews killed because they believed in the Jewish religion, and he, on the other hand believed in the German race. Adolf Hitler's secret police searched all houses for passages with Jews hidden away. Adolf also decided the Germans were a master race, so any other race had to be wiped out. Since Adolf had a dictatorship, he ... father, Hitler filled most of his school hours with daydreams of becoming a painter. His one school interest was history, especially that of the Germans. Also as a young boy, he was devoted to Wagner's operas that glorified the Teutons' dark and furious mythology. After his father's death, when Adolf was 13, he studied watercolor painting, but accomplished little. After his mother's death, when he was 19, ...
- 18889: Tim Paterson
- Tim Paterson, also known as the "Father of Dos" is the computer programmer who created the world's most widely used computer program: DOS. Creating DOS at age 24, Paterson claims, "it is an accomplishment that probably can't be repeated by anyone ever." After Paterson graduated from University of Washington in Seattle with a bachelors of science degree, he tried going to graduate school but lost interest. "I thought they were too oriented ... operating system. Ive always hated CP/M and thought I could do it a lot better." Little did he know before he started the project that he was about to create the "the world's most widely used computer program." By the spring of 1980, Paterson had created a program called QDOS.10 (stands for Quick and Dirty). After finding bugs in the program, he fixed the problem and ...
- 18890: Colonies
- ... less individualistic than the southern colonies. The New England colonies were based on religious freedom, thus their society was reflected the religion. "These underwritten names are to be transported to Virginia, embarked in the Merchant's Hope, Hugh Weston, Master, per examination by the minister of Gravesend touching upon their conformity to the Church discipline of England, and have taken oaths of allegiance and supremacy:" (Ship's List of Emigrants Bound for Virginia). The use of the word "Master", shows, that the southern colonies were more of a individualistic state rather than a communal state(New England). This individualism was the effect of the motivation of the southern colonies for economic opportunity. "We whose names are underwritten, being by God's providnce engaged together to make a plantation...." (Articles of Agreement). The New England settlers, again were of a communal nature, in how they are binding together for the good of the community. "We intend ...
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