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- 24441: The Great Pyramid
- ... slabs of local limestone and opens into a long steeply descending passage. From there a 36 meters long ascending passage leads to a 35 meters long horizontal passage that leads to the so called 'Queen's chamber'. This chamber measures 5.2 by 5.7 meters and the maximum height of its pointed roof is about 15 meters. The north and south walls each have a small hole a few centimeters ... lower part of the descending passage, close to the unfinished, underground chamber, and is believed to have been an escape shaft for the workmen who filed the ascending passage with huge stones after the king's funeral. From the horizontal passage the Grand Gallery, which leads to the king's chamber, starts. It is 47 meters long and 8.5 meters high, and has a corbelled roof. In the center of the floor is a sunken ramp about 60 centimeters deep. The Grand Gallery ...
- 24442: Accounting Ethics
- Accounting Ethics When examining the effect of open marketing on the profession of accounting it is important to view it from three perspectives: the client's, the profession's, and society's. Additionally, two key areas that are affected by marketing must be addressed, these are concerning competition, and ethical implications. Marketing in public accounting is here to stay therefore making an argument against its existence ...
- 24443: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: A Satirical View of the Old South
- ... View of the Old South Elaborate uses of race, unprecedented statements about the role of religion and an overall mockery of the society of the old south serve as a method of conveying Mark Twain's opinion of society. In his dandy riverboat adventure The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain attacks the traditions of slavery, racism, and the accepted traditions of the old south. He helped expose the hypocrisies of ... could vote when he was at home." In this quotation, Pap believes himself to be superior to a highly educated man but in reality makes himself look like a fool for doing so. Mark Twain's next major statement about the hypocrisies of society comes through religion. Twain felt that the religious beliefs of the southern society were hypocritical. He shows this through three major parts examples during the novel. The ... openly reject religion. When Huck says "All right, then, I'll go to hell. (Chapter thirty-one)" he is chooses to save his best friend Jim, rather that having eternal salvation. That action shows Twain's view of the importance of religion in the old southern societies. Throughout The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain ridicules society. In the Duke and the Dauphin's rendition of Romeo and Juliet, they ...
- 24444: Computer Crimes
- ... system allows customers to transfer their money to accounts at other banks. The hackers found a way to crack the system and made about 40 transfers of money totaling more than $10 million. The bankΉs control system provided the tip to the fraudulent transactions. At least one of the hackers, who was arrested about a year ago while in San Francisco opening accounts to receive the money, is helping investigators. Another person arrested is a Russian computer expert who worked at a Russian software company. Vladimir Levin, head systems operator for AO Saturn, figured out how to get around CitibankΉs security system and transfer money out of their accounts. Levin, of St. Petersburg, claims he should not be turned over to American authorities because there is no evidence that any computers in the United States were used in the scheme. The U. S. government says the funds were all routed through CitibankΉs wire transfer department on Wall Street. The Justice Department wants to charge Levin with conspiracy and fraud. (Source: Delaware County Daily Times, 8/21/ ...
- 24445: The Scarlet Letter (forest)
- The Mysterious Forest In Nathaniel Hawthorne s The Scarlet Letter, life is centered around a rigid Puritan society. In this society, people are not allowed to express their true thoughts and feelings. Every human being needs the opportunity to express how they ... Here, people may do as they wish. The forest seems to beg Hester, Throw off the shackles of law and religion, come to me and be matterless (Hawthorne 176). She takes advantage of the forest s offer when she meets up with Dimmesdale. She openly talks with Dimmesdale about subjects that would never be mentioned in any other place but the forest. As they sit on a moss bed, Hester tells ... flung them at the innocent children (Hawthorne 95). Hawthorne describes Pearl as almost witch-like, With shrill, incoherent exclamations that made her mother tremble because they had so much the sound of a witches anathema s in some unknown tongue (96). Nobody understood her or why she did such awful things. Pearl was also wild like the forest, The child could not be made amenable to the rules (Hawthorne 93). ...
- 24446: Capital Punishment Deters murder, and Is Just Retribution
- ... Retribution Capital punishment, is the execution of criminals by the state, for committing crimes, regarded so heinous, that this is the only acceptable punishment. Capital punishment does not only lower the murder rate, but it's value as retribution alone is a good reason for handing out death sentences. Support for the death penalty in the U.S. has risen to an average of 80% according to an article written by Richard Worsnop, entitled "Death penalty debate centres on Retribution", this figure is slightly lower in Canada where support for the death penalty ... death penalty are in favour of making examples out of offenders, and that the threat of death will be enough to deter the crime rate, but the crime rate is irrelevant. According to Isaac Ehrlich's study, published on April 16, 1976, eight murders are deterred for each execution that is carried out in the U.S.A. He goes on to say, "If one execution of a guilty capital ...
- 24447: The Old Man And The Sea
- ... and the Gulf Stream. The gulf stream being where the old man was beaten and Cuba his home. The characters in this novel are Santiago, the old Cuban fisherman; Manolin, a young boy and Santiago s closest friend; Martin the owner of the terrace which gives food for the old man; Pedrico, he receives the head of the marlin to use in fish traps; Rogelio, a young boy who once helped ... characters sound so realistic; he makes them come alive. For eighty-four days, Santiago had not caught a single fish. At first Manolin had shared his bad luck, but after the fortieth day the boy s father tells his son to go on another boat. From that time on, Santiago works alone. Each morning he rows his skiff into the Gulf Stream where the big fish are. Each evening he comes ... his shack, he falls on his bed to sleep. There the boy finds him later that morning. Meanwhile other fishermen gather about the skiff and marvel at the giant marlin. When Manolin returns to Santiago s shack with hot coffee, the old man wakes up. Manolin tells him to rest, so he can make himself fit for the days of fishing they will have together. All that afternoon the old ...
- 24448: Pass The Weed
- ... and unjust prohibition of the psychoactive drug marijuana has been lifted by voters in Arizona and California. Under the new law, doctors can prescribe marijuana to those patients who can possibly benefit from the drug's medicinal purposes. Used for alleviating pain and suffering, the drug can provide needed relief for many people. However, to the concerned, it appears that with the new propositions government has granted permission to posses and ... states. The debate over the legalization of Cannabis Sativa, more commonly known as marijuana, is currently one of the more heated controversies in the country today. The drug has been unrightfully prohibited since the 1930's for its dangerous effects. However, earlier and more primitive cultures were able to safely explore marijuana's usage for both medicinal and hallucinogenic properties. The usage of marijuana has existed for thousands of years in many countries world wide and can be documented as far back as 2700 BC in ancient ...
- 24449: Lepus Americanus
- ... hare) belongs to the Phylum: Chordata, Class: Vertebrata, and Order: Mammalia. Lepus americanus is common to the northern boreal forests of North America extending south into higher elevations of the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains. It's main diet consists of plant shrubs in summer and in winter forage on ground vegetation by digging feeding craters into the ground (Gilbert, 1990). Experiments conducted by Krebs et al. (1986), set out to determine ... of ten-year cycle is driven by winter food shortage. Extra food intake may not be responsible for higher growth and survival among Lepus americanus according to yielded results. [Word Count: 350] References Gilbert, B. S. 1990. Use of winter feeding craters by snowshoe hares. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 68:1600-1602. Keith, L. B. and Windberg, L. A. 1978. A demographic analysis of the snowshoe hare cycle. Wildlife Monogr, 58:1-70. Krebs, C. J., Boutin, S. and Gilbert, B. S. 1986. A natural feeding experiment on a declining snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) population. Oecologia, 70:194-197.
- 24450: The Odyssey - Gender Roles
- ... epic poems. No other literary work of this period, or of a similar cultural background, gives such a prominent position to women. No reader of the Odyssey can help having vivid memories of the poem s outstanding female characters. There are many women in the Odyssey and all of them contribute in mean-ingful ways to the development of the action. Furthermore, they are treated seriously and with respect by the ... given the opportunity to fully utilize their talent and ability, in order to become equal and contributing members of so-ciety like Athene. Developing over a period of close to three thousand years, a woman s role in society has only begun to emerge. Homer s society, however so well developed it may have seemed, came much too early for anyone of his one day to appreciate its significance. The role of women in Homer s society and in modern ...
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