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- 24461: Montezuma
- Montezuma Montezuma was the ruler of the Aztecs. Aztecs lived in Mexico around the 1400's to 1500's. They were an advanced civilization. Their religion seemed brutal to us but normal to them. Their clothes and customs have changed. Aztecs lived where southern Mexico is today. Tenochtitlan was their capital until Spain came ... gods was a normal thing. They would sacrifice slaves and prisoners. That is why they waged war with people. Usually they cut the heart out of a living victim. They thought if you ate someone's flesh, you obtained their courage. Every 52 years, they had a new beginning. They would light a fire on someone's chest who is alive, then people put their blood on it so they ...
- 24462: Genetics and Heredity
- ... I would like to learn more about what causes specific traits and what the future might bring. Body: A person gets his or her traits from their parents. These traits include everything from the person's sex to their mental abilities or problems. These traits are hereditary because they are passed on through genes. They get these genes from their parents and grandparents. They may inherit innate abilities of their parents ... you will ever live up to your potential. Traits such as what you look like are inherited from your parents. Your potential is also inherited from your parents. Chromosomes contain the information of a person's potential height, potential strength against disease, and other physical characteristics. A human being has 23 pairs of chromosomes in every cell in his or her body (except reproductive cells). If, during a stage of growth ... of traits, but in higher animals, such as humans, there are variations. For instance if a person who has light brown eyes has a child with a person who has dark brown eyes, the child's eyes are likely to be medium brown. The charts are still valid though, because not all traits are compatible. Recessive genes do not visibly show up when there is a dominant gene present. A ...
- 24463: The Grapes Of Success
- ... perhaps previously ignored or unknown, to the spotlight. John Steinbeck, winner of the Nobel Prize, is one of these writers. The Grapes of Wrath is a work which compromises nothing to function as John Steinbeck's social statement and plea; a novel in which he protests against the treatment of the migrants by land-owners and the natives of California, and strikes a sympathetic and angered chord deep within his readers ... and moral concerns. The Grapes of Wrath is based around a fictional sharecropper family called the Joads, though their story is nearly identical to many of the true migrants of the great depression. The Joad's struggle to maintain some sort of dignity and pride is broken by the tragedies they must witness and experience: the murder of their former preacher and good friend Casy, the constant harassment by the deputies ... real, communicating his social and moral views about the treatment of the migrants, and causing his readers to want to do something about it. The intercalary chapters are also important to the communication of Steinbeck's concerns. He uses them to include the material that the narrative alone could not cover. These chapters speak of the general picture of society and living conditions during the Great Depression, within which the ...
- 24464: The Goddess Remembered
- ... women developed agriculture, and the domestication of animals." was one of the most disturbing remarks made in the film. To me, the understanding that "only recently, in the past 6,000 years, has the woman's perspective been ignored", is something that nobody can say with any certainty. Some of the more factual issues discussed in the film include "Venus Figures". They were first called "Venus" figures by the Marquis de Vibraye in the 1860's and the term has subsequently been used to represent all ancient depiction's of (usually corpulent) women. These figurines are quite similar despite a wide geographical spread, footless and faceless with swollen breasts, buttocks and/or abdomens. They were made from a variety of materials including clay, ...
- 24465: The Cry Of The Wild
- ... wonder of the natural world. Truly, it is where you can find solace and peace. America is truly blessed. A land rich in natural resources----our sense of adventure, pioneering spirit, and tenacity. Irving Berlin s God Bless America, Woody Guthrie s This Land is Your Land, and Samuel Smith s America all declare a love and respect for this land we call home. It is our duty to regain a love and respect for the land, its beauty, and life s comfort. The legacy ...
- 24466: The Yugoslavian Conflict
- ... south and east you went the population became more Orthodox. Though these are all important factors contributing to the current problems in Yugoslavia, perhaps the most relevant issue is the issue of language. It wouldn't really be proper to say that Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, and Macedonian are the four major languages because some of the languages are so similar they could be considered the same one. For example Serbian and ... Executive Council of Yugoslavia, and directed a massive propaganda campaign presenting themselves as victims of brutal Yugoslavian National Army aggression. Croatia also attempted to claim independence, but they had a problem that the Slovenians didn't have to deal with. They had a large population of Serbians in Croatia and with the new laws that the Croatian government tried to impose the minority Serbians were given no rights as a minority ... of fighting the United Nations negotiated a precarious cease-fire, after fourteen previous failing attempts. Although Croatia was arming itself with illegal weapons such as tanks and other heavy artillery, Tudjman knew that they wouldn't stand a chance on the battlefield with the combined forces of the JNA, Serb territorial defense units in Croatia, the local militia, and the irregular volunteers coming from Serbia. Therefore the strategic aim was ...
- 24467: Paradise Found And Lost - Critique
- "Paradise Found and Lost" from Daniel J. Boorstin’s The Discoverers, embodies Columbus’ emotions, ideas, and hopes. Boorstin, a former Librarian of Congress, leads the reader through one man’s struggles as he tries to find a Western Passage to the wealth of the East. After reading "Paradise Found and Lost," I was enlightened about Columbus’ tenacious spirit as he repeatedly fails to find the ... This paradise was right before his eyes, yet he lost it. I believe that this is exactly what is meant by the phrase, "you can not see the forest through the trees." In conclusion, Boorstin’s "Paradise Found and Lost" truly describes the events surrounding Columbus’ "discovery" of the Americas. Columbus never realized the glory of his discovery. He fashioned blinders that only allowed him to see the east and ...
- 24468: Euthanasia
- ... Euthanasia ending the life of a patient incapable of expressing a desire to die where illness or accident having rendered them incompetent. Involuntary euthanasia is ending the life of a competent person without that person’s informed consent either not having been asked or having that desire denied. On the 22nd February 1995, legislation was introduced into the Northern Territory Parliament by the chief Minister the Honorable Mr Marshell Perron, for ... euthanasia then dont use it , but please do not deny the right to me!”. In the presence of his wife and doctor he initiated the process that gave him a lethal injection. In the U.S the case of Michael Martin, a 41 year old Michigan man who suffered head injuries as a result of a 1987 car accident, is currently before the Michigan court of appeals. Michael is conscious, alert ... to have his food and fluids ( provided by gastrostomy tube ) withdrawn. She says that, years before the accident, Michael had made statements indicating that he would never want to be maintained as a vegetable. Michael’s mother and sister are fighting for his right to live and want Mary removed as his guardian, but have been unable to establish legal standing. According to his sister, Pat Major, “Brain dead... This ...
- 24469: Mercy Killing or Just Plain Killing: The Euthanasia Debate
- ... many shades of gray involved, so to speak. Euthanasia, after all, ranges from simply allowing an individual to die naturally without life support or “pulling the plug” (passive euthanasia), all the way to Jack Kevorkian’s suicide machine (active euthanasia). To complicate things further, there is also voluntary euthanasia, “Cases in which patient requests to be killed, and dies as a result of action taken by another person,” involuntary euthanasia; “cases ... would probably be a better word. After all, it is, in most cases, the individual with the disease is the one who make the final decision. Furthermore, is it brutal or inhuman to end somebody’s life when it is clear that the life they are living is a life of pain and suffering? By the dictionary definition of murder, it seems that forcing someone to die in pain rather than ... minds of family members and friends for them to know they did all they could to save their dying loved one. It is easy to see how somebody could feel responsible for their loved one’s death having allowed doctors to euthanise him or her. Furthermore, if assisted suicide becomes widely accepted, there will undoubtedly be a lot more people dying this way. In Holland, for example, where laws against ...
- 24470: The Changes Which Occurred Whi
- ... significant changes and how these affected our view and appreciation of the story. The most significant difference between the book and the movie, was that the narrative parts of the book which display the character s thoughts were removed. The book describes what the characters where feeling and thinking, which brought us closer to them. When we know what the character feels and thinks, the story becomes a three-dimensional world ... various floors, and having hundreds of viscous animals. However, in the movie they simply had a one level chamber which was boring and ordinary. Another important change which happened was when they described each character s personality individually, in the book with a subtitle. For example, this was when Goldman began to talk about Inigo s childhood and how his father was murdered. In the movie Inigo briefly talked about his father s death to the Man In Black, which seemed to be boring and dull. Goldman should have filmed ...
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