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- 21841: Nostradamus - The Man
- Nostradamus For four centuries Nostradamus's prophecies have inspired fear and controversy. His followers say he predicted the French Revolution, the birth and rise of Hitler, and the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Did he, as his believers claim, predict some of history's most monumental events - from the Great Fire of London to the launch disaster of the space shuttle Challenger? Nostradamus was typical of the Renaissance time period. He made many prophecies and was a major contributor ... or his more used Latin name of Nostradamus) was born a Jew in the small town of St.Remy de Province in southern France on the 14th of December 1503. Little is known about Nostradamus's family apart from Jean his youngest brother became Procurer of the Parliament of Province. As a small boy Nostradamus underwent significant changes in his life. While Nostradamus was a child his family was forced ...
- 21842: Visits to the School Office
- Visits to the School Office Situated at the front of the school, and ever-present in the back of every student's mind, is the dark, ominous, Kremlin-like structure known as the attendance office. Every student knows that there are only three reasons for being there: a friendly yet cold visit to clear absences or get ... The first reason for going to the office is perhaps the least involved in procedure: a student comes to the cold, yet courteous staff, states his business, manages to get what he wants if he's polite, then leaves. A visit of this sort normally lasts less than ten minutes, though it can take substantially longer if there are people waiting in line for the same thing, such as a schedule ... dropping off some scrap of paper to the proper individual or hunting someone down to ask them a question. Sometimes, finding the right person or whatever can become a quite lengthy procedure, taking the student's search all across the campus and eventually concluding at McDonald's or Taco Bell. This type of office visit is by far the most fun. The final, and most dreaded type of office summons ...
- 21843: Napoleon 3
- ... big part in history. Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769, at Ajaccio, in Corsica. His parents were Charles Marie Bonaparte and Marie-Letizia Ramolino who also lived in Corsica.. Although Corsica was Napoleon s home most of his schooling was conducted in France. On December 15, 1778, at the age of nine, Napoleon left Ajaccio to go and study the French Language at a school in Brienne. Later, at ... This newly developed strategy helped him to win many of his attacks such as his attack on and defeat in Italy against Austria and his battle and defeat in Egypt against the Turks. After Napoleon s defeats in Egypt he returned to France where he seized control of the French government in November 1799. After ten years of revolution the French wanted a strong leader like Napoleon. After all the years ... power. In 1808 the Peninsular War broke out when Spain and Portugal rebelled against French rule. British troops joined the fight against France where tens of thousands of French soldiers died. This loss damaged Napoleon s honor greatly. Napoleon then decided to attack Russia. This war resulted in many casualties but no one won the battle that took place in Moscow. His men where worn out and on his departure ...
- 21844: Destruction of the Ozone Layer
- ... are starting to take steps to help reduce the depletion of the ozone. However, all countries in the world need to do more. "Ozone is a form of oxygen that is present in the Earth's atmosphere in small amounts." The presence of ozone makes it possible for life on Earth. Ozone is made naturally by photochemical and discharge reactions. Photochemical production occurs when, " high energy radiation from the sun strikes ... and washes out in the rain ("Some Commonly Asked Questions about Ozone Depletion" 1). CFCs, on the other hand, do not dissolve in water. They do not break down in the lower atmosphere. When CFC's get to the stratosphere, The ultraviolet radiation from the sun causes them to break apart and release chlorine atoms. Then the chlorine atoms which react with ozone, start chemical cycles of ozone destruction that depletes ... 200 years ( Song 2). There are many consequences involved in the destruction of the Ozone layer. One consequence is the increase in Ultraviolet Rays that reach the Earth. Scientists have now found that the, "Earth's protective ozone shield is thinning not only in the winter but also in the summer when the sun's ultraviolet rays are the worst ..." ("Forecast: Cancerously Sunny" 22). The ozone shields most of these ...
- 21845: Artworks Review
- ... leaning up against a cactus which is positioned to the right of the cop. A thick yellow line that was painted on the ground separates the men from each other. On the African American mans side of the line there are animals such as a rat, cat, and a mouse placed by him. On the Hispanic mans side there is a lizard, jack rabbit and a goat laying on the ground, and the animals look abstract. On each side of the dividing line, there is a skull. On the left side of the line there is a human skull, and on the right side of the line there is a cow skull On the African American mans side, there is a city in the background. Behind the city is a set of pyramids, among them is a view of a sunset or sunrise. On the Hispanic mans side there is ...
- 21846: My Antonia and Heartland: An Analysis
- ... the novel Jim Burden felt, "blotted out", and "swallowed up", by the large size and vastness of the open space. He felt it was a place , "beyond the reach of mankind." Throughout the novel Jim's view of the frontier is shown by how he reaches to the town. Because the town has been isolated by the prairie, gossip has become has progressed into the primary pastime of the towns people ... to see the prairie as a burden and restriction to his pursuit of higher education. The frontier, which can symbolize a primitive lifestyle, the struggle against nature, and the fight for survival, went against Jim's dreams of learning about the world, Latin, and society. It is at this point when Jim makes the decision to leave and pursue a career and opportunity at a university. During this time period women ... them and care as best they could for them. Discrimination occurred towards them for a number of reasons. Certainly the hired girls in My Antonia were thought of by most as inferior to the town's girls. In Heartland the father threatened to take the strap to his daughter if she would not go out and pick the ice from in front of the chicken coop. Life on the prairie ...
- 21847: Comparison 2
- ... and help patients get in and out of bed and walk. They also escort patients to operating rooms, exam rooms, keep patient rooms neat, set up equipment, or store and move supplies. Aides observe patient s physical, mental, and emotional condition and report any change to the R.N. Likewise the L.P.N. provides basic bedside care. They take vital signs such as temperature, blood pressure, restorations, and pulse. They also treat bedsores, prepare and give injections and enemas, apply dressings, apply ice packs and insert catheters. L.P.N. s observe patients and report adverse reactions to medications or treatments to the R.N. or the doctor. They help patients with bathing, dressing, and personal hygiene, and care for their emotional needs. Likewise the working conditions are related. C.N.A. s work a 40 hour week, but because patients need care 24 hours a day, some aides work evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays. Aides spend many hours standing and walking, and often face heavy workloads. ...
- 21848: Utopia Vs. Dystopia
- ... ideal society toward which all men should strive, it basically presents a highly defined, completely hideous society. This type of novel warns that if the tendencies of the real world are not corrected before it s too late, the hideous world suggested will become a reality. George Orwell is one of those authors who has chosen to express his views in an anti-utopian way. Both his books, 1984, and Animal ... it as a prophecy of what was bound to happen to the world; others took it as basically a comment on contemporary studies; still others looked upon the book as a symptom of the author s sick mind. However, Orwell seems to have meant the novel to be a criticism of life in the twentieth century. Orwell came up with the title simply by reversing the last two numbers of the ... is instead, a warning that unless the world changes its course, man will lose his most human attributes. The philosophy of 1984 is War is Peace , Freedom is Slavery and Ignorance is Strength . When Orwell s Animal Farm first appeared in 1945, it was taken entirely as a satire of the history of the Soviet Union and the attitudes and the actions of various Western nations. However, when one looks ...
- 21849: King Lear - Analyzing a Tragic Hero
- ... the earl, who delights in speaking of his adultery. But he has good qualities as well. He shows, for instance, concern for Kent in the stocks, and he risks his life to help Lear. Gloucester's punishment, his blindness, parallel's Lear's madness. These two tragic stories unfolding at the same time give the play a great eminence. The important element in tragedy is action, not character. It is the deeds of men that bring about ...
- 21850: Martin Luther King Jr. 9
- ... in Montgomery, Ala., in 1954. In December 1955 King was chosen to head the Montgomery lmprovement Association, formed by the black community to lead a boycott of the segregated city buses. During the boycott King's home was bombed, but he persuaded his followers to remain nonviolent despite threats to their Iives and property. Late in 1956 the United States Supreme Court forced desegregation of the buses. King beIieved that the ... in the South. King inspired blacks throughout the South to hold peaceful sit-ins and freedom rides to protest segregation. A visit to India in 1959 gave King a long-awaited opportunity to study Gandhi's techniques of nonviolent protest. In 1960 King became copastor of his fathers church in Atlanta. The next year he led a "nonviolent army" to protest discrimination in Albany, Ga. King was jailed in 1963 during ... in the South had not been matched by improvements in the lives of northern blacks. In response to the riots in poverty-stricken black urban neighborhoods in 1965, he was determined to focus the nation's attention on the living conditions of blacks in Northern cities. In 1966 he established a headquarters in a Chicago, Ill., slum apartment. From this base he organized protests against the city's discrimination in ...
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