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- 27171: The Way We Live Now
- ... News travels among them like an electric current, carrying shock waves of fear and pain. Their pooling of medical lore results in an eclectic mix of remedies that reach from chicken soup to the patient's favorite jelly beans. By the end, several of the characters, represented only by voices in the conversation, have had to come to terms not only with the impending loss of their friend, but with their ... own various and unsettling responses. The disease, clearly AIDS, is never mentioned by name. The person at the center of the story serves as a mirror and sign of his friends' own vulnerability. They don't really know how to become a functioning healing and helping community, but figure it out as they go along. The dark side of this story is its exposure of the lack of friendship and good ...
- 27172: The Need For Affirmative Action
- ... action policies. What about year after year the athletes that are admitted to all the colleges and universities around the country. And why? Just because they can run fast, jump high, or throw. Why don't the whites question that is it because it gets some of their kind in school also, or just because the blacks it does get in school will later on entertain them on Super Bowl Sunday ... some sort of edge if they are going to make it in this country. I ,as I am sure you have guessed, am for affirmative action. Many say blacks want affirmative action because we don't want to do as much as the whites but get the same job. That may be true for some but what about most of us who work hard have the same requirements as the whites but don't get the job because we are not white. You and I both know that to this day Black Americans feel the lingering racism and stereotypes about their intelligence, tendency towards violence, sexual prowess, and ...
- 27173: Positivism
- ... the polity (or program of individual and social conduct), were later combined by Comte into a whole under the conception of a religion, in which humanity was the object of worship. A number of Comte's disciples refused, however, to accept this religious development of his philosophy, because it seemed to contradict the original positivist philosophy. Many of Comte's doctrines were later adapted and developed by the British social philosophers John Stuart Mill and Herbert Spencer and by the Austrian philosopher and physicist Ernst Mach.(www.encyclopedia.com) During the early 20th century a ... and emphasized the importance of scientific verification. This group came to be known as logical positivists, and it included the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein and the British Bertrand Russell and G. E. Moore. It was Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-philosophicus (1921; German-English parallel text, 1922) that proved to be of decisive influence in the rejection of metaphysical doctrines for their meaninglessness and the acceptance of empiricism as a matter of ...
- 27174: Michael Collins Biography Figh
- ... and his siblings were strongly influenced and encouraged by him to become involved in poetry, reading, and other curriculum activities. As Michael grew older he became increasingly involved in sports and particularly enjoyed wrestling, Michael's involvement in wrestling brought out his best and strongest quality, his fighting character which he uses throughout his life. After the loss of his father at the age of just six, "Michael" became interested in the Irish nationalist movement and his teacher "Denis Lyons" a member of the Irish Republican Brothers (IRB) became a immediate inspirational figure to look up to. Along with other role models and Michael's keen interest for reading, at just 11 he was subscribed to the "The United Irishman" a nationalist magazine edited by "Arthur Griffith" who later went on to became the founder of Sinn Fein, a nationalist ... and Volunteer Dependants Fund. Michael became involved in Sinn Fein a nationalist political party and Collins was responsible for "Eamon de Valera" being elected for president of the political party. He also he recruited spy's to spy on British intelligence in Ireland, which later proved to be a invaluable source of information for Collins. Early in 1918 Collins was arrested for making a speech against conscription in Legga, and ...
- 27175: The Indian And The Horse
- ... introduced to the New World through early Spanish expeditions around the Gulf of Mexico. It had been believed that bands of wild horses, which later populated the country, had originated from the strays of Coronado's and De Soto's sixteenth century expeditions (Wissler 265). However, in Indians of the United States Clark Wissler states, " inspection of the chronicles - many of which gave statistics on numbers of horses, and details of their losses - would indicate ... hand on the run and then dragging them to safety" (266). As stated before the horse enabled its Indian rider to become a better warrior. Wissler recounts army officers' descriptions of Indians fighting in 1870's: The Indian began by galloping single file around the soldiers and, coming within range, would fire at every exposed head or body. Usually the Indians hung from the off side of the horse, thus ...
- 27176: How Organism Learn: Classical and Operant Conditioning
- ... and its unconditioned response. What is meant by conditioned is that the response is automatic and based on instinct. To compliment this name the stimulus is known as the unconditioned stimulus (Myers 260). With Pavlov's new observations a new set of stimulus and response was found. This new set is known as the conditioned stimulus and the conditioned response. What is meant by conditioned response here is that the response ... exit the building. The unconditioned stimulus is fear of a fire, the conditioned stimulus is the sound of the alarm, and the conditioned response is the exiting of the building. Operant conditioning is an organism's learning an association between how it behaves and what happens as a result of that behavior (Gazzaniga 244). There are some differences between classical and operant conditioning. First, the operant response has to occur completely ... classical and operant conditioning are two explanations of an organisms learning. These two explanations are valid and existent. This can be seen through our experiences in the home, work, and school. Works Cited Gazzaniga, Michael S. Psychology. Philadelphia: Harper & Row Publishers, 1980. Myers, David G. Psychology. New York: Worth Publishers, 1995.
- 27177: The Influencing Factors On The
- ... was the forethought and actions of our founding fathers in using these resources that has created what is now a prosperous country. It was John Locke, one of the most influential men of the 1700's, who made the statement, " When the prince only makes use of his due prerogative The People shall be judge." Which lead to the idea of the government needing the consent of the people through a ... which was supposed to keep the peoples interests in mind, and the king at bay. The ideals of governments as described by Polybius and Aristotle were the starting point of our government. First Aristotle didn't like the idea of a democracy, in fact in his paper on the Types of Government, he said "Democracy (in the sense of mob rule) with a view to the advantage of those who are ...
- 27178: The Formal Essay
- ... opinions, as well as to convince the reader of these. Firstly, its purpose is to advise the reader that words can have subjective and objective attitudes, as well as having the power to disturb one's natural way of thinking. The following is a simple illustration of what is meant: "The words 'firm,' 'obstinate' and 'pigheaded' all have the same objective meaning- that is, following one's own course of action and refusing to be influenced by other peoples' opinions. They have however different emotional meanings: 'firm' has an emotional meaning of strong approval, 'obstinate' of mild disapproval, 'pigheaded' of strong disapproval ... longer illustrates a scene or idea in that respect. In essence, it is fair to state that the thesis and illustration are very important factors helping to construct the formal essay, and in getting one's message across. As well as purpose and organization, the expository essay contains style. The style of the formal essay is quite distinct. Language, voice and tone are included here. Style too, contributes significantly to ...
- 27179: Gregor Johann Mendel
- ... units of heredity called genes. Both adult organisms have one allele from each parent, which gives both organisms 2 alleles. The alleles are separated or "segregated" from each other with the reproductive cell formation. Mendel's second principle is the, "Principle of independent assortment." This principle states that the expression of a gene for any single trait is usually not influenced by the expression of another trait. Mendel's third and last principle is called the, "Principle of dominance." This principle states that an organism with contrasting alleles for the same gene, has one allele that maybe dominant over the other (as round is dominant over wrinkled for seed shapes in pea-plants). All the principles just stated are Mendel's Laws of genetics.
- 27180: The International Crimial Cour
- ... which no particular individuals have been held responsible for acts such as crimes against humanity and war crimes. Examples include 2 million people who were killed by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia in the 1970's; large losses of life in countries such as Mozambique, Liberia, and El Salvador during armed conflicts; and slaughter of innocent civilians in the Great Lakes region of Africa and Algeria. It had been established after ... on the establishment of an international criminal court." However, there are still many debates and concerns over the establishment of this court. For example, there are questions regarding which crimes would be under the court's jurisdiction, what the international criminal court's relationship would be with national courts, and what the penalties would be. Also, there is a debate concerning whether such a court would "disserve American interests." Argentina would most likely be in favor of ...
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