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- 27591: Our Town: Universal Theme of Family
- Our Town: Universal Theme of Family The universal theme presented through out this whole playwright is family, and consistency. The author puts the theme of family above the other themes to clearly show it's intentions throughout the whole play. By using the Webb family and Gibb's as the main character, he clearly repeats his theme over and over again. The story thus revolves around these two families. When George says "Emily I'm glad to have a friend like you" he ...
- 27592: Universities Medieval And Mode
- ... arisen throughout the history of universities is that of rioting. A recount of the riot at Oxford (130)in the 13th century is reminiscent of a riot that occured at Kent State in the 1960 s. These similarities merely show that human nature has not changed as much as some may think. Some major changes have taken place in society over time, regarding religion especially, which have affected the universities. As ... the heretic Amauri, or the Spaniard Mauricius." (119) These could not be read either because the authors were considered heretics by the church or because they expressed beliefs that did not coincide with the church s beliefs. Today students study all kinds of writings not discriminating against those which contain beliefs that differ from their own. In fact these studies are encouraged in order to broaden the students thought processes. One ...
- 27593: The Philosophy of Truth Making You Free
- ... right for you is the most fundamental freedom that exists. Rather than being weighed down by restriction of what you can and cannot do with your life man has the freedom to decide on it's own. It is because anyone can run for office in government that we are free, life is not decided for us. We have the freedom to make a mistake and the freedom of whether we ... use a bit of human decency when dealing with those people whom have made bad decisions. Laws and regulations are made to stop injustice, they should not be an excuse to infringe on another person's life. Therefore the idea that man is condemned to free is ludicrous, man is privileged to be free to make the world what they want it to be good or bad. Next there is a ...
- 27594: Les Miserables
- ... is a story, a very long story, which has been categorized as a classic. The story is about 1200 pages long. It is an epic saga, which covers about three decades in the early 1800's of France. The film is about the fugitive, Jean Valjean, following his release from jail after doing nineteen years of hard labor for stealing bread. Jean Valjean is chased by the cruel and self-righteous ... When a person commits a federal crime he\she cannot hold a public job or teach for the rest of his\her life. Also, when a person commits a crime, that person and that person's career is scarred for life. The theme -doing what is morally right- can be seen in many instances in the novel. One instance is Valjean gives money to free Cozzette. Another instance is Valjean does ...
- 27595: A New Vision Of Masculinity - A Summary
- ... pride, resiliency, self-control, and physical strength."(78) Sometimes masculinity is related to violence; violence became the tool maintaining their masculinity among boys. Then, he mentions the two most critical socializing forces in a boy's life: homophobia and misogyny. He explains that homophobia, hatred of feminine qualities in men, and misogyny, hatred of feminine qualities in women, put pressure on them to avoid femininity, even good qualities of femininity. Then ... accept feminine qualities. However, the author suggested that keeping positive qualities of masculinity, such as courage and independence, is also very crucial. "Where will this change in socialization occur?" Thompson mentions that in a boy's first few years, his learning about masculinity comes from the influences of parents, siblings or television. And he points out that competitive school sports are the major problem. School athletics learn to win regardless of ...
- 27596: Insulin-Dependent Diabetes
- ... an effort to remove the excess sugar, the kidneys excrete large amounts of water as well as essential body elements resulting in frequent urination, thirst, and weakness. Hunger and fatigue are caused by the body's inability to utilize foods properly for nourishment and energy. To find alternate sources of energy, the body turns to its stores of fat and protein, causing weight loss and the accumulation of fat breakdown products ... surgery may require increased amounts of insulin. Most importantly, a person with diabetes should never skip or delay an insulin injection and should pay careful attention to his/her diet. A survey by the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare during 1960 to 1962 on forty-four million adults showed that men and women with diabetes ran a higher than average risk of periodontal disease. Related Disorders -------------------------------- Type II ...
- 27597: Scarlet Letter Punishment Quot
- ... being punished for acts that I did not think were wrong. From my not understanding my punishment, I was unable to learn from it. Punishment is suppose to be an action taken to correct someone s bad action. People must not be punished for acts that are not wrong or for something the person had nothing to do with. If people are wrongfully punished, it will just confuse peoples understanding of ... to understand their punishment. A lot of people are able to understand their actions, but a lot do not. All people are different from one another, but everybody does, or has done, something wrong. Everybody s actions must be dealt with accordingly, and that is why there is a use for punishment in the world and in peoples lives. Even though some people do not understand wrong doings, they still must ...
- 27598: Fiber Optics
- ... core. Buffer : the outer layer which serves as a 'shock absorber' to protect the core and cladding from damage. The buffer protects against abrasion, oil, solvents and other contaminates. The buffer usually defines the cable's duty and flammability rating. Transmission efficiency and resolution Light injected into a fibre can adopt any of several zigzag paths, or modes. When a large number of modes are present they may overlap, for each ... fields which endoscopy makes possible. References: Pope, Jean A.; Medical Physics 2nd r.e. Heinemann Educational Printers 1973. Brown, B. H. , Smallwood R. H.; Medical Physics and Physiological Measurement; Blackwell Scientific Publications, Billing and Son's Publishers; 1981.
- 27599: AIDS: US Made?
- ... in New York. In the fall of 1977, a P4 (highest security category of laboratory, in which human pathogens are genetically manipulated) laboratory was officially opened in building 550 of Fort Detrick, MD, the Pentagon's main biological warfare research center. "In an article in 'Der Spiegel`, Prof. Mollings point out that this type of gene manipulation was still extremely difficult in 1977. One would have had to have a genius ... not so virulent that it could be considered for military use, and the test patients, who had seemingly recovered, were given their freedom. Most of the patients were professional criminals and considering New York City's proximity to the prison many freed patients moved there. The patients were exclusively men, many of them having a history of homosexuality and drug abuse, as is often the case in American prisons. It is ...
- 27600: Alternativly Powered Cars
- ... of the work. As the cars power sources begins to lose some of its energy the backup gasoline engine starts. This function is similar to how gasoline cars work, with the alternator using the engine's power to recharge the battery. After the power supply is replenished the gasoline engine shuts down. Also the gasoline engine is used to power the vehicle as it reaches the higher speeds where the added ... better. If each where given one gallon of gas and the gasoline only achieved thirty miles while the hybrid vehicle achieved ninety miles both vehicles would have polluted the same amount but the gasoline vehicle's pollution would be confined to a space one third that of the hybrid vehicle.
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