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- 22191: Down Syndrome
- ... 12 percent of babies born with Down syndrome also have intestinal malformations that require surgery for correction. Approximately 25 percent of adults over the age of 35 with Down syndrome also show signs of Alzheimer's disease, a form of dementia. In the general population, Alzheimer's disease usually does not develop before age 50, and only 5 percent to 10 percent of adults over 65 develop symptoms. Normally, each cell in the human body contains 23 pairs of chromosomes, which contain ... age 40. However, 80 percent of children born with Down syndrome are born to mothers under the age of 35. This is because most babies, in general, are born to younger women. Although a newborn's physical characteristics may lead doctors to suspect Down syndrome, a genetic test called a karyotype must be done to confirm diagnosis. A karyotype involves testing a small amount of the baby's blood. It ...
- 22192: Australia
- ... Other powers are left with the States, but federal law prevails if there is a conflict over concurrent powers. The Federal Government also has the power to ensure observance at the state level of Australia's international treaty obligations. Currency Australia's currency is called the decimal with the dollar as the basic unit. (100 cents equals $1). These notes come in denominations of $100, $50, $20, $10, and $5. The coins come in 5c, 10c, 20c ... for the asset, incidental costs of acquiring/disposing of the asset, certain non-capital costs, certain costs incurred in enhancing the value of the asset and costs incurred in establishing, preserving or defending the taxpayer's title to the asset Fringe Benefits Tax Tax payable = taxable value of fringe benefit x applicable tax rate Payable by = employers Trigger = benefit provided to an employee by an employer in respect of the ...
- 22193: Cesar Chavez Mural
- ... people who admired Cesar Chavez during his movement that demanded respect, dignity and social justice for them. Cesar Chavez was a nationally recognized chicano leader and organizer of the civil rights movement, during the 1960's and 1970's. He was born in Arizona, grew up in a migrant family that liked harvesting fruits and vegetables. In 1950 he moved to San Jose where he became a volunteer organizer for the CSO ( Community Service ... California, he created the National Farm Workers Association ( now the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO). He received help from Dolores Huerta, Gilberto Padilla, Fred Ross Sr. and many others. In the mid 1960's, the union boycotted and striked many agricultural products with progressive succes. In 1975, the California Labor Relations Act was passed largely due to the work of Chavez and the UFWA. Cesar Chavez died in ...
- 22194: Justice In The Republic
- Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote One mans justice is anothers injustice. This statement quite adequately describes the relation between definitions of justice presented by Polemarchus and Thrasymachus in Book I of the Republic. Polemarchus initially asserts that justice is to give to each what is ... life of a tyrant. This definition leaves no room for the common good because it creates a life of competition and materialism, where only the strong survive. Group endeavors are not possible according to Thrasymachuss definition for there can be only one person who comes out on top. Although he leaves no room for the common good in his definition, his life seems to allow for some common good. ...
- 22195: Indonesia
- ... from India to Japan, including Indonesia, was known to the Europeans as the Indies. Chris Colombus was looking for a westward sea roots from Europe to the Indies when he arrived in America. During 1600's dutch political control began to spread Indonesia. Indonesia declared it's independencein 1945 and fought the Dutch until 1949 when they gave up their control. At first, the Dutch allowed nationalist movement to delevope. In 1905, it had introduced municipal councils to govern the towns and ... as the head of government. The president apionts a sheet of advisers consisting of top military leaders and civillians. In theory, the peoples console assembly is supposed to establish a general direction of the government's policys. A house of peoples Representatives is the nations parlament, however, in practice neither the assembly nor the house has real power. Instead, it is the president who makes all of the important decisions. ...
- 22196: Eleanor Holmes Norton
- ... educator, and civil rights activist was born in Washington, DC on June 13, 1937. After graduating from Dunbar Senior High School, she received a BA from Antioch College. Norton then went on to attend Yales Graduate School and School of Law to receive a MA and a LLB simultaneously in 1964. From 1965 to 1970, she served as Assistant Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). As Assistant Legal Director to the American Civil Liberties Union she defended both Julian Bonds and George Wallaces freedom of speech rights. Norton went on to champion womens rights as the chairmen of the New York Human Rights Commission. Before joining the Georgetown University Law Center faculty in 1982, she ...
- 22197: Comparing The Good And The Les
- ... situations where we are compelled to lie. Lying is wrong, but in many cases is less destructive than telling the truth. Take a police officer, for example, who has just apprehended a known criminal. Hes taken away in an ambulance before the officer could finish reading his rights. In court the officer is asked if the criminal was read his rights in full. At this point the officer could either ... both cases one or the other party is at a financial loss. Help the starving children in India! Save the rainforest! What is it that makes us compelled to harm our checkbook? Guilt? Perhaps. Its most likely the belief that we can help a world problem by sending our money to a greedy corporation that will keep half of it for itself: a classic no-win situation. What about a ... of snow and ice down onto your cabin. Sadly, a member of your family is terribly wounded when an iron support snaps under the pressure of the snow and becomes lodged in his arm. Its not serious but without antibiotics the wound becomes infected and leads to his death three days later. By this time your family is starving, having eaten the loaf of bread and box of cereal ...
- 22198: Lord Of The Flies
- ... Piggy is the smart one of the group. Simon: He is my favorite character in the story. He is viewed as the Christ-figure and interprets the mysteries of the island. Roger: Roger is Jacks sidekick and is a vicious murderer at heart. Sam and Eric: The twins stick close to Ralph until they are forced to join the hunters. Their main job is to watch the signal fire. The ... hunters only take some torches from the fire, and leave saying that Jack is the leader of the new tribe and they are having a feast and everyone is invited. Also, they can join Jacks tribe if they behave properly. Meanwhile, Simon was having an encounter with the pig head. It seemed to be speaking to him. It warned him that he cannot escape him and that he is in ... Simon dies as a tropical storm rolls in, and his body is washed out to sea. Ralph and Piggy feel terribly about what has happened and cannot live with themselves. That night some of Jacks tribe assault the hut on the beach where the remaining boys are housed. After all the confusion, the boys discover that Piggys glasses are gone. Ralph, Piggy, and Sam and Eric decide to ...
- 22199: The Five Themes of Geography
- The Five Themes of Geography During the 1980's the United States showed unacceptably low test scores on simple Geographic tests. The point Committee on Geographic Education could only attribute these results to Geographic Illiteracy, not only on the part of the students, but ... a specific place, the question of "Where will you meet?" must first be answered. To resolve this situation, Geography employs Absolute Location, and Relative Location. Absolute Location applies a grid-matrix system to the earth's surface in the form of coordinates. These coordinates, longitude and latitude, allow geographers to pinpoint exact areas of the earth's surface, and other planetary bodies as well. If Geographers wish to apply satellite technology to observe an area of the earth's surface, coordinates are used to pinpoint an exact location. Relative Location answers ...
- 22200: Childhood Enemies
- ... precipitous five-year drop in the 100 years previous to that (Tanner, 1991). Over the past thirty years the situation for families has changed powerfully and dramatically. Consider the following information provided by the U.S. Department of Justice: Illegitimate birth rates have increased more than 400 percent. The percentage of families headed by a single parent has more than tripled. The divorce rate has more than doubled ... number one health problem for American women today is domestic violence. Four million women are beaten each year by their partners. One-fourth of all adolescents contract sexually transmitted disease before they graduate (U.S. Department of Justice, 1992) Since 1940 the top disciplinary problems in public school have changed from chewing gum and running in the halls to teen pregnancy, rape and assault (Berry, 1993). In the midst of all this, the percentage of families with one parent at home with the children during the day dropped from 66.7 to 16.9 percent (U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1994). And the average age child spends seven hours a day watching television. By the end of grade school hefs seen over eight thousand murders and ...
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