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- 23941: British Colonialism
- ... the British Empire. The British took advantage of their colonies and became one of the strongest nations in the world. However the British trafficked on the natives. The natives hated their oppressors but they didn't have the power for a revolution. As George Orwell states in his essay "Shooting an Elephant," no one had the guts to raise a riot, but if a European woman went through the bazaars alone ... they considered themselves superiors. They were brainwashed since they were young in order to understand that Europeans are different than the Africans and they should be separated. This situation is clearly described in Doris Lessing's essay "Being Prohibited" where she states that the system apartheid illustrates how any kind of brainwashing eliminates common sense and turns people into fools. (Muller 292) Creating colonies was the easy way for a state to get bigger and wealthier. That's why all the great European countries were fighting each other for the control of the colonies. One of the most well known wars for a colony is the Boer war. According to Walter L. ...
- 23942: Cryogenics: Is It Worth Waiting For
- ... suspended animation.” Almost immediately after rapid thawing, the frozen cells regain normal activity. Cooling of the body causes a loss of feeling, therefore it can be used as anesthesia in surgery. Since certain drugs don’t affect healthy cells at low temperatures, the drugs can be safely used against cancerous tumors in the body. Cryogenics also helps in the preservation and storage of human tissues. Tissues such as eye corneas, skin ... Cryobiology” Gale 1029). Following are the views of two people involved with cryogenics. Mr. Young, a biology teacher with a working knowledge of cryogenics, thinks cryobiology should be used to preserve endangered species. He doesn’t see the technology for freezing a whole body but maybe body organs in the near future. Mr. Young believes the money that would be needed to improve the technology could be better spent, which is ... Works Cited Allen, Richard J. Cryogenics. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippencott Company,1964. AOL user. Internet interview. 6 January 1997. Coxeter, Ruth. “The Deep Freeze for Irregular Heartbeats.” Business Week 19 September 1994: 90. "Cryobiology." Compton’s New Media Forum. 1995 ed. "Cryobiology." The Gale Encyclopedia of Science. 1996 ed. "Cryobiology." The New Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 1993 ed. "Cryobiology." The World Book Encyclopedia. 1967 ed. "Cryogenics." Academic American Encyclopedia. 1991 ed. " ...
- 23943: October Crisis/War Measures Act
- ... violent means. (Ben , 759) These separatist parties tried many legal ways, to try to get their point across. In 1967 and 1968 Rene Levesque had bolted the Liberals to form the, “Movement Souverainete Association (M.S.A.)”. (Ben, 759) They then merged with the R.I.N. to form the, “Parti Quebecois (P.Q.)”. (Ben, 759) Members of the P.Q. were not prepared to wait for democratic change. Their feelings ... fringe of the separatist movement. (Ben, 759) The group was founded by George Shoeters among Francophone students at the, “Universite de Montreal” in 1960. (Ben, 760) The first occurrence of violence by the group wasn’t until the March of 1963, when they adopted the strategy of, “retaliation”. (Ben, 760) This, “retaliation” is what they French thought was necessary to get back at the government who was, “hurting” their livelihood as ... identified themselves through communiques delivered to radio stations, as members of the F.L.Q. (Des, 186) Conditions for the release of James Cross included publicity for their political manifesto (a list of their party’s goals and political objectives), a, “voluntary tax” of $500 000 to be paid by the Quebec government, and release of some, “political prisoners”. (Des, 186) The F.L.Q. thought that kidnapping James Cross ...
- 23944: Multiculturalism
- ... a vast society we call Canada. In Canada we pride ourselves in being a mosaic, so to speak,unlike the United States where they are a so called melting pot so that if it doesn't fit they make it fit where as we change to adapt. The many cultures existing in Canada have created a rich cultural experience. An example is our Heritage Day celebrations where we celebrate our various diversities. Did you know that the most commonly spoken language in Vancouver is Mandarin Chinese and other dialects of Chinese? People may be shocked but it's true because we are a free country and allow lots of immigrants in. The fact is that we may have to close our doors to immigrants because sooner or later the social system will break ... in varying languages. People that have a choice as to where they want to immigrate to , usually choose Canada because Canada is a great place to live according to U.N. statistics. Some people don't like multiculturalism and form cults, an example of which is the KKK. They are dead set against black people and believe in white supremacy. Such people are injust and completely wrong because everyone is ...
- 23945: Spoon River
- ... to navigators and sailors because they found with all their boasted wisdom how hard at the last it is to keep the soul from splitting into cellular atoms. He also says that seekers of earth's treasures are self-contained and harmonized even to the end. In this poem you are not told what Thomas does for a living, but it is implied that Thomas is a bank owner or has ... people who are always changing their minds because of what other people say and end up doing something they regret so badly, they begin to fall apart emotionally and financially. "While we seekers of earth's treasure, getters and hoarders of gold are self-contained, compact and harmonized." That quote is a metaphor for people who are always trying to find news ways to make more money and those who don't like to spend their money. They are cool, calm, and always prepared for a rainy day. This poem has no rhyming or rhythmic words. It tells how Thomas Rhodes feels about money. The poem ...
- 23946: American Revolution Persuaders
- ... was skillfully exploited by the American patriot Samuel Adams to create anti-British sentiment in the colonies. After the incident the patriots of Massachusetts Bay were more and more agitated by the soldiers. They weren't going to take much more. The, so-called, Boston Tea Party was an event that took place December 16, 1773, by a group of Boston citizens to protest the British tax on tea imported to ... wanted something that could push them over the edge to start the Revolution and with the taxes this moved them a few steps closer. This should have taught the British a lesson, but it didn't. The Stamp Act was an act introduced by the British prime minister George Grenville and passed by the British Parliament in 1765 as a means of raising revenue in the American colonies. It required all ... the edge. Although The Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, and Stamp Act were only three events that helped cause The American Revolution, they were major. Without them there might not have been a Revolution. Let's hope nothing like The American Revolution never happens again, and no country puts stupid taxes on any other country.
- 23947: What is Welfare?
- What is Welfare? What is welfare? According to recent polls, most Americans consider this nation's welfare system “a failure and a disgrace” (LeVert 10). Most people use the word “welfare” to mean income support or public assistance programs designed to help people who are already poor. Although it is geared ... control programs that expanded the suburbs. In the postwar period, the Federal Housing federal government in the business of regulating loans for single home construction. FHA policy required a down payment of only five to t en percent of the purchase price and guaranteed mortgages of up to thirty years at interest rates of just two to three percent (Coontz 995). The current welfare system tries to help the poor in ... LeVert, Marianne. The Welfare System. New York: The Millbrook Press, 1995. Long, Robert Emmet. The Welfare Debate. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1989. Maloney, Lawrence. “Welfare in America: Is it a Flop?” U.S. News & World Report. Dec. 1984: 10+.
- 23948: Shoeless Joe and the Black Sox Scandal
- ... September 1920, Jackson, Cicotte and Wilson signed confessions to receiving five thousand dollars to throw the World Series. Before the trial for Jackson, Cicotte and Wilson, there was a turnover in the Illinois State Attorney's Office and all the confessions mysteriously disappeared. The three baseball players then said they didn't sign the confessions so the case was dropped. The new commissioner for Major League Baseball was Kenesaw Mountain Landis and he believed three players were guilty. He also believed they weren't the only ones on the team that threw the series. Kenesaw Mountain Landis kicked seven players from the White Sox team of 1919 out of Major League Baseball for life. Eddie Cicotte, Chick Gandil, ...
- 23949: Alexander The Great
- ... the National Geographic. The article is titled “In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great”. It discusses entire journey through Asia and Egypt conquering every country that he wished. As if being king of Macedon wasn’t enough for an eighteen year old boy to handle. Throughout his battle he took over countries like Egypt, Persia, Mesopotamia, and Asia Minor. At the age of twenty-four he was king of more than three countries. Alexander the Great became king of Macedon in 336 B.C.E. ascending his father’s throne. Since his father, Philip II, had conquered Greece too. Beginning his voyage in 334, at the age of twenty, Alexander crossed the Hellespont into Asia. The Persian offered Alexander battle at the Granicus River ... enemy. His courage, inspired his soldiers, and the victory opened all of Asia Minor to conquest by the Greeks. In 331 B.C.E. Alexander marched into Mesopotamia to meet an army Darius III, Persia’s king, had assembled. Once again Alexander and his army broke the Persian line and Darius was forced to flee. Eventually in 330 B.C.E., in a series of brilliant battles, Alexander destroyed the ...
- 23950: Aquaria In Relation To Science
- ... tanks biological and mechanical. Biological is what I spoke about in the previous paragraph. Those bacteria grow best on objects besides gravel. That is why having plastic plants and other décor in the tank doesn’t just make the tank look nice but also give the bacteria a better place to grow. Mechanical filtration aids in biological filtration in two ways, the water is filtered through a medium that helps dissolve ... for the bacteria to convert, and filter out bigger objects from the water such as excess food. Generally the filter media is activated carbon within a floss cartridge. The ph value in a tank doesn’t generally matter for basic to medium aquarium hobbyist. As long as it is between 6.5 and 7.2, ph ranges from acidic to base water. Some fish however like higher more acidic ph values ... You should have no salt in a freshwater tank. Salinity in a salt-water tank is there gravity. If the level is too high fish will sink to the bottom and probably die. If it’s too low they will be stuck at the top. If it were not for science, keeping fish inside a bowl or tank would not be possible. Science takes the guesswork out of fish keeping. ...
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