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- 2541: Apathy
- ... has always been the shame of humanity, and will continue to plague us until we realize that our minute lives are not all that matters in this world. Apathy, or indifference, is rampant in today's society. Millions of deaths can be attributed to the disinterest of others. For example, during World War II, millions of people were killed by the Nazis while the rest of the world looked on. People ... survivor, illustrates the passiveness that he felt during that time, and how his apathy led to his departure to a concentration camp. He states, "In Germany, they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because ...
- 2542: What Role Should the U.S. Play in World Defense?
- What Role Should the U.S. Play in World Defense? What role should the United States play in World Defense? To some, this may seem like a simple question to answer, and to others it may be a question that can ... All of these wars have been fought on other soil, the United States has not seen a war on our own soil since the Civil War, which ended in 1865. This was an internal U.S. affair, which as you know, no foreign country got involved with-at least not out in the open. I will briefly go through each of these five wars which have occurred in our century and ... and the French army almost gone, and with Great Britain standing alone, it became clear who was winning the war. In 1917 the United States entered the war, mostly because the Germans were destroying U.S. ships headed for Britain. Was this action justified? Was Germany threatening the United States as a whole-of course not. It seems to me that the United States was dragged into the war, not ...
- 2543: Down Syndrome
- Down Syndrome In one in every one thousand births, an extra chromosome results in the birth of a baby with Down's Syndrome; a genetic disorder resulting in mental retardation. In 1866, physician John Langdon Down, in Surrey England, identified a set of children with common features of mental retardation. Down was first to identify a similar link of symptoms in many patients. Thus, the new disorder was named "Down's Syndrome". Though it wasn't until 1959, that Jerome Lejeune and Patricia Jacobs, speculated that Down's syndrome was caused by chromosomal abnormalities. They traced the disorder to the exact effected chromosome. Lejeune and Jacobs constructed phenotype and genotype ...
- 2544: Australia And Asia Relationshi
- ... War and the collapse of the Soviet bloc European nations. In addition, internal political changes in Australia and China have both affected and been affected by the global changes. It will be analysed that Australia's bilateral relationship with China has always had a sharp political edge but that approaching the new millenium economics and trade considerations are shaping Australias and for that matter Chinese politics. A central feature of the Government's approach to foreign and trade policy is the importance it attaches to strengthening bilateral relationships. Bilateral relationships are not an alternative to regional and multilateral efforts. Indeed, bilateral, regional and multilateral efforts are mutually supportive ... Australia works closely with another country on a global initiative, such as the conclusion of the Chemical Weapons Convention, it strengthens the bilateral relationship with that country. Similarly, cooperation within APEC helps to consolidate Australia's relations with individual APEC economies. In this way, multilateral and regional efforts feed back into, and broaden, bilateral relationships (Aggarwal 1998). In the Cold War years of the late 1940's and lasting well ...
- 2545: Daddy
- ... Poem "Daddy" In the poem "Daddy," Sylvia Plath describes her true feelings about her deceased father. Throughout the dialogue, the reader can find many instances that illustrate a great feeling of hatred toward the authors father. She begins by expressing her fears of her father and how he treated her. Subsequently she conveys her outlook on the wars being fought in Germany. She continues by explaining her life since her ... a tiny sore could. "In 1940, Otto developed a sore on his toe and ignored the condition until gangrene overtook the toe and he was hospitalized. Doctors performed surgery, but it was too late. Ottos toe was amputated in hopes of saving him. Sylvias father passed away in November, 1940." Source: Butscher, Edward. Sylvia Plath: Method and Madness. New York: The Seabury Press, 1976. The next passage, "And a head in the freakish Atlantic where it pours bean ...
- 2546: John Ford and Frank Capra: A Study of Their Movies
- ... Capra Frank Capra and John Ford have directed many classic movies and it is unfair to only view two of their works and summarize all there is too say about their styles, so I won't. Instead, I will be discussing different styles and conventions that Frank Capra and John Ford used in the four movies I viewed. These movies are Mr. Smith goes to Washington, Mr Deeds goes to Town both Capra, films and The Informer and Grapes of Wrath by Ford. America in the 30's was a time of hardship economically, politically and socially. If you have taken an American history course you know all about the depression and the crisis that it bestowed upon the land. Hollywood, the movie ... of the time and in doing so Hollywood firmly defined its role as entertainer not critic. Capra and Ford can also be accused of following this pattern too, with other movies they made. The 30's were also a time of the great studio system and one had to work under the control of these institutions, although both directors managed to achieve enough fame and power that they could create ...
- 2547: Gas Laws (cemistry)
- ... pressure is derived from the fundamental units of the SI. Pressure is force per unit area, and force is the product of mass times acceleration, so the SI unit of pressure is the kg m s-2/m2 or newton/m2, which is called the pascal (Pa). All of the older units of pressure have now been redefined in terms of the pascal. One standard atmosphere or atm, the pressure of ... the pressures and volumes of different samples of different gases. The results of his studies can be summarized in a simple statement which has come to be known as the law of Boyle or Boyle's law: At any constant temperature, the product of the pressure and the volume of any size sample of any gas is a constant. For a particular sample of any gas, Boyle's law can be shown graphically as is done in the Figure below. It is more common to express it mathematically as p1V1 = p2V2 or as pV = k, where k is a constant which depends ...
- 2548: The Great Imposters
- ... re an African widow bird. When it comes time for a female widow bird to lay her eggs, she simply locates the nest of a nearby Estrildid finch and surreptitiously drops the eggs inside. That's the last the widow bird ever sees of her offspring. But not to worry, because the Estrildid finch will take devoted care of the abandoned birds as if they were her own. And who's to tell the difference? Though adult widow birds and Estrildid finches don't look at all alike, their eggs do. Not only that, baby widow birds are dead ringers for Estrildid finch chicks, both having the same colouration and markings. They even act and sound the same, ...
- 2549: History Of The Guitar
- THE HISTORY OF THE GUITAR The guitar is a fretted, stringed instrument, and is a member of the lute family. It originated in Persia and reached Spain during the twelth-century, where itΉs versatility as both a solo and accompanying instrument were established. The theory of the guitar was discovered in the early centuries. They found that the sound of a bowstring could be enhanced by attaching a ... back, and a movable bridge with strings anchored by a tailpiece; and it was played with a quill or plectrum(pick). But this modern instrument soon lost its popularity and disappeared by the late 1600Ήs. Through the 1600Ήs and 1700Ήs the guitar design changed very little, although interest increased around luthiers. In the 1770Ήs the first guitars with six single strings appeared, 3 blowing the evolutionary lid off the instrument. ...
- 2550: Creative Writing: A Medical Experience
- ... realized that her mother needed more help than she could give over the phone, tried to persuade the mother to call an ambulance, which, of course, the mother refused to do, stating that it wasn't necessary. The daughter then took it upon herself to call EMS from her own house. The medics were notified of the problem through the usual method, a series of tones over a radio that cause ... It does not matter if they are eating, sleeping, watching TV, or even taking a shower, they are required to be in the ambulance and en route to the scene within two minutes. "Med Two's en route." Stated EMT Jennifer Meyers in a sleepy voice " Copy med 2 is en route to 103 Royal Terrace Blvd., apartment 7." Now they are listening. "This is in reference to a 80 year ... her general color had a faint, matted bluish color about her. Doug knew that without immediate treatment, this lady would die. Doug quickly lowered the stretcher and took the equipment off of it. "Why don't you sit right here." Doug told Mrs. Briggs " I'm fine, really. I told my daughter that I would see my doctor in the morning. I don't know why she called you?" Mrs. ...
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