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- 23981: Aids Is Becoming So Widespread
- ... be answered. Aids is the final, life-threatening stage of infection with human immuondeficiency virus (HIV). Aids stands for Acquired immunodeficiency virus syndrome. The name refers to the fact that HIV severely damages the patient's disease fighting immune system. Cases of AIDS were first identified in 1981 in the United States, but researchers have traced cases to as early as 1959. HIV can be present in the body for two ... related virus that produces AIDS. This such virus became known as HIV-2 and occurs mainly just in Africa. The virus,HIV-1 is spread throughout the world . HIV infects certain white blood cells, including T-helper cells and macrophages, that play key roles in the functioning of the human immune system. The virus attaches to certain molecules found only on the surface of cells. When an AIDS virus enters one of these cells, the virus inserts its genes into the cell's reproductive system and uses to produce more HIV. The infection kills the CD-4 cell and spreads the AIDS viruses other CD-4 cells , where the process is repeated. The number one reason why ...
- 23982: Concert Report
- ... musicians were introduced it was planned that each one of them will get a short amount of time to play a solo for a few minutes. As they went in order and played there solo’s now it was time for the drummer to be introduced. The drummer was introduced and he started to play very loud at first to the point that u would love to hear and appluse along ... then made it a little more tensed, he got up off the drum set and stud up and play as he was standing and that made it very rare to the crowed because they haven’t seen such a thing before. The other special thing was when the violinists were introduced and the best of the whole group were introduced and they were given time to play a solo which was ... with the female, so they basicly questioning and answering each other with a solo to each other. What could have been better in this concert was if they had performed a little longer and that’s because of the people were having a very good time. The other thing would be if the sound engineering was engeneared better as far as picking up the talking voices from the back round ...
- 23983: To His Coy Mistress
- ... less on death and more on their relationship. In the beginning of the poem gentle lines and imagery are used. “We would sit down, and think which way to walk and pass our long love’s day.” What this line brings to mind is of a couple in love sitting down together planning how they will spend the day. He continues to try and win her over by complementing her “An ... to adore each breast: But thirty thousand to the rest.” This is a very pleasant to her ears and had the speaker curbed his impatience he might have gotten the girl. Getting frustrated the speaker’s arguments become more graphic and less genteel as the poem progresses, as he appears to become increasingly desperate. “…then worms shall try that long preserved virginity.” This man is trying to convince her that if ... rough strife thorough the iron gates of life. Thus, though cannot make our sun stand still, yet we will make him run.” Did the speaker make love to the mistress? Probably not because he doesn’t believe in the truth of what he is saying, but using various strategies in an attempt to win her over. The three parts that make up this poem start with gentle lines and pure ...
- 23984: Smoking On The Body
- ... behavioral problems in children such as attention disorder. Nicotine crosses the human placenta and has direct effects on the developing fetus. Pre-clinical studies suggest that maternal smoking during pregnancy produces changes on the offspring's neural functioning, including reductions in uptake of serotonin, alterations in dopaminergic systems, alterations in peripheral and central noradrenergic neurons, and changes in DNA and RNA synthesis in the brain (9). Children prenatally exposed to nicotine ... did the controlled pups (8). This study indicates that hyperactivity in male offspring induced by prenatal nicotine exposure is associated with an increase in neuronal nicotinic receptors in the cortex. A similar study by Lauren S. Wakschlag, on maternal smoking during pregnancy and the risk of conduct disorder in boys, revealed that mothers who smoked more than half a pack of cigarettes daily during pregnancy were significantly more likely to have ... rate seen with tobacco use in pregnancy. The risk of spontaneous abortions, as defined by fetal loss before 20 weeks of gestation, is also 33% higher in smokers compared with controls (5). A study by T.A. Slotkin, on impaired cardiac function during postnatal hypoxia in rats exposed to nicotine, proposes that maternal smoking correlates highly with parturitional/neonatal death including Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Nicotine exposure of fetal ...
- 23985: The Life and Death of 2Pac
- The Life and Death of 2Pac In the stifling post-boxing match Las Vegas traffic jam, a new black 1996 BMW inched along impatiently, it's gold detailing glimmering brightly under the street lights. Any attempt to catch a glimpse of the passengers within the tinted windows revealed only a distorted reflection of the chaotic, yet relatively motionless urban scene. The ... wounds, after six days of intensive care and several unsuccessful operations. Tupac Amaru, or 2Pac, as he spelled it --distinguishing him from the violent Peruvian terrorist group of the same name-- was one of today's most popular "gangsta rappers." His lyrics are usually vulgar, offensive, and explicit, and glorify the type of life that he and many other gangsta rappers lead. They depict violence, drug use, crime and sexual abuse ... either he or his rivals were soon going to be killed, but in the song "How Do U Want It," Tupac said "I got the scoop on how to get bulletproof," indicating that he didn't expect it to be him. Tupac may have thought he was bulletproof after surviving five bullets, including one to the head, in 1994, but on Friday the 13th the world learned that he was ...
- 23986: Slavery In The Tempest
- ... most obvious slave is ariel. Ariel is an airy spirit who is promised his freedom by Prospero if his job is done well. His job was to entrance the visitors to the island under Prospero's control. "What Ariel! My industrious servant, Ariel!" That is what Prospero said in act 4, scene 1, line 33. He was talking to his slave, Ariel, who entranced the visitors to the island. Another example could be Alonso, the king of Naples. Since he is not in Naples, but on Prospero's island, and under his control, he is a slave in a way. In act 3, scene 3, lines 95-102, Alonso admits complete and utter loss of control. "O, it is monstrous, monstrous! Methought the ... like dirt because he is their slave. In act 4, scene 1, lines 262-265, Prospero is describing how all of his former friends are now pretty much under his control, even though they don't know it, and enslaved to Prospero. "At this hour lies at my mercy all mine enemies. Shortly shall my labors end, and thou shalt have the air at freedom." In act 5, scene 1, ...
- 23987: Enlightenment 2
- Why is the Enlightenment a Significant Event? It was an intellectual movement in thinking, which moved society's thinking away from religious thinking, dominated by the Church, to rational thought dominated by science The Enlightenment (or 'Age of Reason') is a term used to describe the philosophical, scientific, and rational attitudes, the freedom ... However, cultural historians date the beginning of the enlightenment to the work of Newton, Pascal, Descartes and Locke. These thinkers however are drawing on predecessors that date well back to the 13th century. We can't, then really date the enlightenment. Do we still not live in an enlightenment world? While philosophers and cultural historians have dubbed the late 20th century as, “post Enlightenment”, we still walk around with a worldview ... the watershed for the pervasive belief. In the possibility and the necessity of progress, that survived, if only in attenuated form, into the 20th century. It was an intellectual movement in thinking, which moved society's thinking away from religious thinking, dominated by the church, to rational thought dominated by science.
- 23988: Thoughts On Pocahontas The Mov
- After watching the disney movie, Pocahontas, many people have found a large amount of historical inaccuracies in both the setting, and the characters portrayed. An example is: the topographic features of Virginia aren’t at all like the waterfalls and mountains shown in the movie. Other examples include the fact that Pocahontas and John Smith never actually fell in love, that Powhatan never actually intended to kill John Smith ... down the real reason behind the making of Pocahontas. The truth is, this movie was definitely geared to a younger audience. It was made for enjoyment purposes, for the formation of role-models in youngster’s minds, and to establish a difference between wrong and right. Maybe even to break down some stereotypes about native americans that might lead to future uneducated social injustices. It is not a documentary meant to ... portray history accurately. And the definite answer is “No!”. Hollywood films are made for the purpose of entertainment: something to do on a Saturday night. If they were meant to be educational films, you wouldn’t go to Blockbuster to get them, you would go to the library, and every film would come with a pretty little guarantee on the box that says, “ALL THE INFORMATION ON THE ENCLOSED VIDEO ...
- 23989: Scales Of Justice
- ... named Webber, and how he is forced to accept the corruption that occurs in the force, and ends up getting fired. The Game takes corruption to a new level involving higher powers such as MP’s and non-uniformed officers. They both are good examples of how it is a culture for them. The corruption that occurs in the Job is nothing unusual or abnormal, even to some of the higher ... was offered an insufficient bribe so he locked the guy up and took him to court. He then influenced Webber to testify and say that he saw the man offer the bribe, which he didn’t see. Many times it is shown that officers avoid crime because there is too much paperwork to go with it. While Webber and Borland were on duty, the saw a moving car collide with a ... small manner of corruption that occur in the police force. Sergeant O’Rourke influenced a lady to choose a funeral parlour, while she was mourning and unstable. He would then get payed a small finder’s fee for getting customers for company. Then there was also a time where Borland favoured a tow truck company at the seen of a crash, and he was obviously set to receive a small ...
- 23990: War Of The Worlds: Human Survival
- ... enough to Earth to allow scientists to observe it with telescopes from that era. It was not until the cylindrical object, for that is what the scientists now knew what it was, entered the Earth’s atmosphere that most humans felt the fear of the unknown. When the first object had landed, many noises were heard emanating from within. As time went on the noises gradually faded to nothing and many people felt relief that whatever was living inside, was now dead. It was not until the lid started unscrewing that humans became frantic. "It’s a-movin’, a-screwin’ and a screwin’ out. I don’t like it. I’m a-goin’ ‘ome, I am." (Wells 11) The lid fell off, and a snake-like tentacle emerged from the darkness, firing the deadly heat ray. The snake-like tentacle was ...
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