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- 21441: Constitutional Convention: Day by Day Occurrences
- ... would be important to keep personal records of this convention to assist in future discussion. This will also help me with remembering details of the events. Today the "Virginia Plan" was presented by that state's delegates. They proposed a series of many resolutions that seemed well thought out to me. The plan was written by James Madison but was given to us by Edmund Randolph who was a very effective ... regarding the Virginia Plan is that it gives more power to all the states with higher population, thus giving the smaller states no voice. June 3 It is a shame that Tom Jefferson, Mr. Madison's Virginia neighbor, is not here. He feels that we are trampling upon the poor farmers. It's reported that he feels there should be a new government set up every few years because any existing government becomes tyrannical. We must take into regard people who feel this way. I hope we ...
- 21442: Edgar Allan Poe
- ... Allan Poe Poe, Edgar Allan, known as a poet and critic but most famous as the first master of the short-story form, especially tales of the mysterious and macabre. The literary merits of Poe's writings have been debated since his death, but his works have remained popular and many major American and European writers have professed their artistic debt to him. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Poe was orphaned in ... Upon returning to the United States in 1820, he continued to study in private schools. He attended the University of Virginia for a year, but in 1827 his foster father, displeased by the young man's drinking and gambling, refused to pay his debts and forced him to work as a clerk. Poe, disliking his new duties intensely, quit the job, thus estranging Allan, and went to Boston. There his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems (1827), was published anonymously. Shortly afterward Poe enlisted in the U.S. Army and served a two-year term. In 1829 his second volume of verse, Al Aaraaf, was published, and he effected a reconciliation with Allan, who secured him an appointment to the U.S. ...
- 21443: Sex in Ragtime
- ... Mother went upstairs and closed the bedroom door"(p 4). Their marriage is happy as long as they continue to have a good physical relationship. Whereas in the beginning of the novel Mother and Father's relationship was good, by the end of the novel "He felt it had been stupid to leave his wife alone"(p 233). Mother's disdain for Father is conveyed to the reader when he tells her that he will be taking their boy to the Baseball game on the following day. Doctorow writes, "… she was checked in her response ... This parallelism is demonstrated before Father leaves for his voyage. Doctorow writes, "He was solemn and attentive as befitted the occasion. Mother shut her eyes and held her hands over her ears. Sweat from Father's chin fell on her breasts"(p 12). Just as their sex is solemn, their relationship is, at this point, very solemn. The most obvious instance of a violent sexual act is when Younger Brother ...
- 21444: Affirmative Action: Opportunities of Character, Not Color
- Affirmative Action: Opportunities of Character, Not Color Created in the 1960's, affirmative action programs attempted to undo past racial discrimination by giving preference to blacks and other minorities. The idea behind these programs was to help minorities gain the representation in the job market that paralleled ... solution to past discrimination and color- blindness, and that without affirmative action the gaps between our races will never close. Although these arguments may have positive aspects such as creating a multicultural campus, affirmative action's many faults cause more problems than are solved. The leading problem with these ideas on affirmative action in colleges is that it has completely failed to accomplish one of its main goals: reduce the color ... series of problems at universities. For example, we cannot expect college students to see everyone equally unless everyone is considered equal when applying for college. Affirmative action has created a situation in which the minority's "society now tells them that if they will only designate themselves as black on their college applications, they will probably do better in the college lottery than if they conceal this fact" (Steele 322). ...
- 21445: The Jungle 3
- ... forces in the exploitational predatory capitalist ³jungle² of American ³society² at the turn of the century. This radical novel, described as muckraking by President Theodore Roosevelt, was a sounding board for pro-socialist politics. Sinclair¹s polemic drama begins in the back room of a Chicago saloon. The guests are drunk and drained. The prospect of returning to the rigorous labors of the stockyards right after the ceremony leaves them demoralized ... main character, refuses to succumb to the suffering of the multitudes in Packingtown, a predominantly immigrant community in Chicago. He promises to work harder; he wants to achieve the American dream. After pooling the family¹s resources, Jurgis is able to leave a dilapidated lodge-house for a ³new² modest home (which had hidden costs) where his family would reside. When Dede Antanas, Jurgis¹ father, loses his job and is forced ... best interests. The businesses took advantage by cannibalizing the strong workers and discarding the weak. The entire political machine is exposed as corrupt and impersonal, taking no responsibility for the workers. Just as Uncle Tom¹s Cabin exposed evils of slavery, Sinclair poignantly demonstrates that workers were slaves to the whims of their capitalist masters and that immigrants, ignorant of the language, ways and means, were the most vulnerable to ...
- 21446: The Emergence Of On-line Tradi
- ... give some background information on this industry. As of September 1998, there were 5,591 firms in the industry. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the NASD Regulation (NASDR) regulate these firms. "The Nard's responsibilities include establishing rules governing its broker/dealer members' business conduct; setting qualification standards for securities industry professionals: examining members for their financial and operational condition, as well as their compliance with appropriate rules and regulations; investigating alleged violations of securities laws and the NASD's own rules; discipline [these violations]; and responding to inquiries and complaints from investors and members" (nasd.com). The jurisdiction of the NASDR is limited to the NASD members and their investors. The SEC handles matters ... on the fact that the investor can translate all the technical jargon involved with researching mutual funds. If the investor is uneducated with investing vocabulary or does not understand the significance of a mutual fund's financial information, he may be better off with a full-service broker. Long term investing is one aspect of the industry that on-line brokerages are focusing on. To compete with full-service brokerages, ...
- 21447: The Effect Of Media Images
- ... The media have portrayed the successful and beautiful protagonists as thin. They have promoted the image of thinness through popular programming.. Thinness has thus become associated with self control and success. The average American woman s body weight has increased over the past thirty years, yet the models that represent American women have become increasingly thinner. The media s portrayal of happy, successful women being extremely thin makes a huge impact on women s perception of beauty. When girls begin to compare themselves to the famous and thin women they see on television, or in magazines, they equate thinness with beauty, and many strive to become beautiful. An ...
- 21448: Aspirin
- ... a white crystalline substance made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. It is used in the treatment of rheumatic fever, headaches, neuralgia, colds, and arthritis; reduce temperature and pain. The formula for aspirin is CH3CO2C6H4CO2H. Aspirin's scientific name is actylsalicylic acid (ASA). The main ingredient in ASA is salicylic acid. This ingredient grows in small roots, leaves, flowers and fruits on plants. About 100 years ago, a German chemist, Felix Hoffmann, set out to find a drug that would ease his father's arthritis without causing severe stomach irritation that came from sodium salicylate, the standard anti-arthritis treatment of the time. Hoffmann figured that the acidity of the salicylate made it hard on the stomach's lining. He began looking for a less acidic formulation. His search led him to the synthesization of acetylsalicylic acid. The compound shared the therapeutic properties of other salicylates, but caused less stomach irritation. ASA ...
- 21449: The Dangers Of Diet Aids
- ... so I began to research the different types of diet aids, both chemical and herbal, and was hit with some very disturbing facts. It has been estimated that nearly 10 million women in the U.S. buy over-the-counter diet aids.(Cottrell, 99) Diet aids come in the form of pills, tablets, capsules, powders, milkshakes, herbal teas, and candies. They work in one of two ways, either by suppressing the ... deaths.(Fraser, 66) The Food and Drug Administration recently investigated reports of thirty-eight deaths among more than eight hundred cases of side effects associated with using products containing ephedrine alkaloids, one of ma huang s main components.(Fen-phen, 6) It is advisable for pregnant or nursing women to not take ephedra, as well as people who have heart disease, anxiety disorder, high blood pressure, diabetes, glaucoma, or an overactive ... 206) PPH is when the seratonin that the drugs keep flowing through the brain, making the user feel full, constrict blood vessels in the lungs, causing the heart to beat harder and harder until it s difficult to breathe.(Kramer, 206) PPH is also difficult to diagnose. Often, by the time there are symptoms, the heart and lungs are damaged beyond repair, and a heart-lung transplant is the patient ...
- 21450: The Scarlet Letter: Theme
- ... long years of punishment, both by society and by themselves, the sinners gain redemption. As the story begins, Hester Pyrnne has already committed adultery with the Reverend Dimmesdale. Hester has a baby daughter, Pearl. Hester’s punishment by the community is to stand on the scaffold, a place of shame, for three hours and then wear a letter “A” for the rest of her life. Because of the letter, she is ... to the poor, sitting at the bedsides of dying people, and helping the sick, she is seen as a kind, good-hearted person who can do the work that other people can not. In people’s minds, the meaning of the “A” changes form “adultery” to “able.” She is finally forgiven of her sin by society, but never forgives herself for it. I believe that God redeems her. The Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale was Hester’s partner in sin although the public knows not of it and thinks him to be almost a saint. He has mental anguish for the rest of his life and punishes himself by not eating ...
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