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- 23781: Rosa Parks
- ... Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr. and JoAnn Robinson looked out of their windows, and stood on street corners watching all of the yellow buses drive by. There were hardly any black riders since Rosa Park's arrest. It was a miracle. People stopped riding the buses all because of Rosa Parks. Soon, the police were informed of the people standing on the street corners watching the buses drive by. The police ... stops. The police failed and the boycott was a success. A few months later, Rosa Parks once again started to climb aboard a bus. She stopped when she noticed a sign that read, "People don't ride the bus today. Don't ride the bus for freedom." Finally the rules for riding the buses were changed. 1. Black and white people could sit wherever they wanted to sit. 2. Bus drivers were to respect all riders. ...
- 23782: The Third Millennium - Threat
- ... same general improvements? Has the new millennium changed things that much? The increase of awareness has led me to think that maybe we can organise life for as many people as possible. Unfortunately, I don t believe that the world assets can ever be balanced equally. The human race has a primal selfishness that can show itself in the most generous. In 1999 the uproar of genetically modified food began. Scientist Dr Arpad Pusztai research found that genetically modified potatoes damaged rats, stunting their growth and attacking their body's defences. Dr Pusztai was sacked from his job at the Rowett Research Institute for his research and for declaring that he thought the public was being used as guinea pigs" by the food industry. Through ... Charity has also begun to seep on to the net with the recent development of Net Aid. The turn of the millennium was nearly wholly based on having a good time and bettering the world s economy. When our calendar today was based around the year that Jesus was born. Even that was a mistake. A monk re-worked our calendar two hundred years ago and it was found that ...
- 23783: The Growth of Coarse Language
- The Growth of Coarse Language This is just some of the language that people have to listen to almost every day, and don't fell it is very appropriate. I am speaking here today to inform the general public on the appalling growth of course language. This increase of course language has occurred amongst all different age groups. I ... are the main offenders for causing an increase in the course language in society today. they may seem harmless to some viewers but , the cool thing in the 90s is to copy like everyone else's speech patterns. For instance I saw a movie with Will smith as the star and in his movie he said some bad stuff like, "F%%k you", and then to my surprise I heard that ... swearing all you get for using this appalling language is a slap on the back of the hand and sent on your way. offenders would complain if they were lock up for swearing , so don't, just make them do community service or something on that line. This problem of course language will not fix it self, I feel a really good way to help stop it accruing in our ...
- 23784: Animal Farm
- ... as they used to. Two horses did not like the idea. They were Clover and Mollie. The other horse, Boxer, listened to what ever his leader said. The pigs also had trouble with the farmer's tame raven, Moses. Moses said that the rebellion was not a good idea. One day however, the rebellion did happen. After the animals had the farm secure, they made laws called the Seven Commandments. They ... retire. He was working and he broke his leg. Napoleon called a "vet" but it was a man from the slaughter house. One of the smart dogs saw what the truck had written on it's side. Squealer again made an excuse and they believed it. Meanwhile, the pigs were breaking more commandments. They changed the commandment at night when they broke one. They started wearing clothes, sleeping in beds, and ... He changed the laws many times to make his life more comfortable while the other animals had to do hard work. Theme: I think the author is trying to tell the reader that communism doesn't work. This was written as an antiwar book according to the introduction. Another clue that the book is about communism is how the pigs called the animals "comrades". I think the pigs symbolized revolutionary ...
- 23785: Cloning of Animals
- Cloning of Animals On Sunday, February 23, 1997, Scottish researchers broke one of nature's greatest laws by cloning a lamb from a single cell of an adult ewe. This breakthrough opens the door to the possibility for the cloning of other mammals including humans. This remarkable achievement is being ... First is a professor of animal biotechnology and reproductive biology at the University of Wisconsin. Overall, there is no apparent reason to clone humans. A duplicate body does not mean a duplicated mind. The clone's brain would be far different, for the clone would have to learn everything from its own experiences. Is cloning a human ethical? Should we try to clone humans? I believe that nature will clone what it wants to clone. Researchers should be careful for we no nothing of the stability of any animal that is cloned by scientist. We don't know if that animal will be dominant over the animal from which it was clone or if it will turn hostile. From my point of view having a "clone" is not all it is ...
- 23786: Los Vendidos
- ... and perfect race to identify with. (He will be searching for a while.) The Mexican- American sold out his Mexican Heritage when he said, "The problems of the Mexicans stem from one thing alone he's stupid, he is under-educated, he needs to stay in school. He needs to be ambitious and be forward looking, most important he needs to think American" (Page 382). In his statement he is only ... he sold-out was by disrespecting his heritage. the Mexican- American is still trying to decide weather he is going to live Mexican or American. When the Mexican-American says, "The only thing I don't like is how come I always got to play the goddamn Mexican-American"(Page-384). You are unsure by this statement weather he is selling-out his Mexican or his American lifestyle. You know he wants to perfect because of his attitude toward playing the part of the Mexican-American. The Mexican American doesn't know where he wants to go in life I guess this proves no matter how old you are or how much of an education you have you sell people out and walk all over ...
- 23787: Paramilitary and Survivalist Groups
- ... are usually not racist. Militia and paramilitary groups in this area tend to believe in non- entity United Nations "conspiracies" and "take-overs", and they are strong defenders of the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. They usually tend to be non-violent, except in some cases, when they are protesting laws that "lessen the strength" of the Second Amendment. Thus these groups are not as racist, but more intolerant ... make the democratic process nearly unworkable, and impossible to execute. Truly we would all suffer if we did not live in a democracy. Some of these groups can be a serious threat to the U.S., but most of them are a threat to democracy, which is by far, much worse (Evans 1-2). In addition to the physical threat of some militias and paramilitary groups, there is another important issue ... 18). There are differences in the beliefs of these groups, based on where they are located. There are multiple causes for the growth of these groups. These groups have proven themselves to be dangerously threatening t democracy, although maybe not entirely to the American public. These groups feel that they can justify racism through the Bible, or with their fears of the white race dying. They have caused mass catastrophes, ...
- 23788: The Road Ahead By Bill Gates
- ... for the mistakes it made, for example not buying thirty percent of Microsoft when given the opportunity, and for wasting time and money on the OS/2 and OfficeVision projects. Bill Gates speaks on Microsoft s success and, in a way, reaffirms customers that Microsoft will not raise its prices or stop innovation. The future success, he says, depends on innovation and improvement to stay ahead of competition. He dedicates a ... applications of the future. Video-on-demand, and other digital information stored on servers, will be available when residential broadband networks are installed. The cost for these networks is still extremely high, so it won t be available for at least a decade to the majority of the homes in the United States. This is an example of how general-purpose devices are replacing special-purpose devices. Video-on-demand will ... information. This, however, oversimplifies most issues and results in a dull, repetitive book for most experienced computer users. He succeeds in explaining his vision of the future and why he has chosen to switch Microsoft s focus to the Internet. Bill Gates optimistically looks ahead at the emerging tools of technology that will forever transform the way we buy, work, learn, socialize, and communicate and encourages us to help shape ...
- 23789: The Ebola Virus
- ... it has started its attack on the human race. Mrs. Landau and fellow classmates. The symptoms I have just described to you are real. These are symptoms to a real and fatal virus. The virus's name is Ebola and it has started its burn into our society. Like the AIDS virus, nothing really is known about it except its effect on people. Like the AIDS virus, there is no cure ... AIDS, and most other lethal viruses, came from remote places which are very old such as the African Rain Forest. There is a pattern evolving. When men go exploring in a place where they shouldn't be, something bad happens, like a virus is released. In reality, something is trying to destroy the human race. Imagine that the earth is a person and people are a parasite living in this human. When the parasite starts reproducing too much and moving into territory where it shouldn't be the human releases some
- 23790: Ford
- ... Ford did not have the reputation of being especially munificent to his workers, but he was in no way parsimonious. His salaries did not often exceed the going rate of about $1.90 for Model T production workers for a ten-hour day in 1908. The average salary for production workers increased to around $2.50 by 1913 with a minimum of just $2.34. In October of 1913 a man named John R. Lee, recruited from the Kiem Mills to reform the companys wage structure, developed an ingenious job-ladder system. This innovative system allowed increased wages for the upper crust portion of the working core. These elite workers had incentives to work their way from the $2 ... through the dark clouds of the present industrial depression, proclaimed the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The New York Evening Post announced A magnificent act of generosity. The Algonac Courier described Henry Ford as one of Gods noblemen under the headline of GOD BLESS HENRY FORD. This bonus improved the lifestyles of many workers eminently, although, it did come with many stipulations. Henry Ford wanted to made sure that his employees ...
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