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- 3911: Marie Curie
- ... Marie Curie, was born in a small apartment in Warsaw, Poland on November 7, 1867. She was the youngest of five children, and had an infinite love for her mother who was a teacher. Manya's father was also a teacher who taught physics and mathematics. However, being Polish in Russian Poland, Manya's father was poorly paid, and to make matters worse, Manya's mother fell ill to tuberculosis. When Manya was only eleven, her mother died. Manya learned to respect education at an early age and by the age of four, Manya could read. She was an ...
- 3912: The Awakening: Edna's
- The Awakening: Edna's The society of Grand Isle places many expectations on its women to belong to men and be subordinate to their children. Edna Pontellier's society, therefore, abounds with "mother-women," who "idolized their children, worshipped their husbands, and esteemed it to a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals". The characters of Adele Ratignolle and Mademoiselle Reisz represent what ... who devoted her life to music, rather than a man. Edna oscillates between the two identities until she awakens to the fact that she needs to be an individual, but encounters the resistance of society's standards to her desire. Kate Chopin carefully, though subtly, establishes that Edna does not neglect her children, but only her mother-woman image. Chopin portrays this idea by telling the reader "…Mrs. Pontellier was ...
- 3913: Macbeth And Lord Jim
- Realization of one s imminent death can drastically change an individual. Knowing that death is imminent can change the way we look at things, and cause us to confess our sins. In Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad and Macbeth ... incessantly and, thus, he is controlled by his hidden secret. Only when he realizes that he is going to die does Jim face the lie. In parallel, Macbeth also is controlled by a lie. Macbeth s murder of Duncan ignites a guilt inside of him that can only be confronted before he fights Macduff. Macbeth also needs to face the false promises that the witches gave him. These promises give Macbeth ... their lives. This process is described as each man realizes and confronts his lies, faces the fatal consequences, and eventually dies. The most significant point in Lord Jim and Macbeth is the respective main character s realization of his lies. The realization of the lies begin by a singular drastic event that catches both men by surprise. When Tamb Itam explains to Jim about Dain Waris death, Jim is shocked. ...
- 3914: Basketball and Its History
- ... about 76 cm (about 30 in). History Basketball was invented in December 1891 by the Canadian clergyman, educator, and physician James Naismith. Naismith introduced the game when we was an instructor at the Young Men's Christian Association Training School (now Springfield College) in Springfield, Massachusetts. At the request of his superior, Dr. Luther H. Gulick, he organized a vigorous recreation suitable for indoor winter play. The game involved elements of ... 1898, teams of five became standard. The game rapidly spread nationwide and to Canada and other parts of the world, played by both women and men; it also became a popular informal outdoor game. U.S. servicemen in World War II (1939-1945) popularized the sport in many other countries. A number of U.S. colleges adopted the game between about 1893 and 1895. In 1934 the first college games were staged in New York City's Madison Square Garden, and college basketball began to attract heightened interest. By ...
- 3915: In Cold Blood
- ... such as car accidents and robberies are all too common. Who would think to worry of such things as murder? No one would until something happens to wake everyone up, such as in Truman Capote’s "In Cold Blood". The book describes the almost unthinkable act of murder in a small town setting. The novel is about the events and people surrounding the brutal slaying of the Clutter family in Holcomb ... his named Perry. Perry likes to travel. One of his hobbies is randomly picking a destination on a map and just going there. This is partly the reason that Dick is waiting for him. Dick’s real name is Richard Eugene Hickock. He was born on June 6th, 1931. He is a stout, blond man with blue eyes. He was imprisoned for many different crimes. He knew that Perry liked to ... the time of the murders. The motive for the murders was that the Clutters were rich, even though they were extremely modest about their wealth and fame. Dick came upon the knowledge of the family’s wealth by a prisoner who was celled with Dick and had worked for the Clutters. The prisoner meant no harm in telling Dick, as the Clutters had never mistreated him, he was merely conversing. ...
- 3916: Alcohol Advertisements
- ... idea. Most teenagers and young adults are being influenced by alcohol advertisements. Due to advertisements many people have started to drink because they think that it is cool and they are in influenced by the T.V It is popular belief that alcohol advertising has a substantial effect on children attitude towards alcohol (T.V advertisement alcohol) . The promotional gimmicks not only reinforce that it is OK to drink, but in fact encourage underage drinking(mitchell 86) If we didn’t have alcohol advertisements on the T.V teenagers and adults would not be influenced to drink. 1195 national survey shows that 87% of smoking and drinking because of the influence from the T.V( ...
- 3917: The Use of Supplements Creatine, Androstenedione, and HMB
- ... kg individual would contain a total of about 120 grams of Creatine. Approximately 60% of the Creatine is stored in its phosphorylated form, phosphocreatine also known as Creatine phosphate(1). Approximately 95% of the body’s Creatine supply are found in the skeletal muscles. The remaining 5% are scattered throughout the rest of the body, with the highest concentrations in the heart, brains, and testes. A skeletal muscle itself does not ... human body gets most of the Creatine; it needs from food or dietary supplements. Creatine is easily absorbed from the intestinal tract into the blood stream. When dietary consumption is inadequate to meet the body’s needs, a limited supply can be synthesized from the amino acids arginine, glycine, and methionine. This Creatine production occurs in the liver, pancreas, and kidneys. Creatine monohydrate is an essential part of the primary energy source used for muscle contraction. It exists in two different forms, one as a free (chemically unbound) Creatine and the other a Creatine phosphate, which makes up 2/3’s of the body’s total Creatine supply. When your muscles contract, the initial fuel for this movement is a compound called ATP (andenosine triphosphat). As the muscles keep contracting the ATP release one of ...
- 3918: Nostradamus and a Grim Future
- Nostradamus and a Grim Future Outline I. Introduction A. Thesis sentence B. Marc Hopkins opinion on the validity of Nostradamus's predictions II. Background information on Nostradamus A. Source of Nostradamus's education B. Nostradamus's trip to Montpellier C. Tragedies strike Nostradamus 1. Plague comes to town and kills Nostradamus's family 2. Nostradamus's late wife's family sues him 3. Comment to workman results in the alarm ...
- 3919: Mercury Report
- ... It is the closest planet to the Sun, and second smallest planet in the solar system. Its diameter is 40% smaller than Earth and 40% larger than the Moon. It is even smaller than Jupiter's moon Ganymede and Saturn's moon Titan. Mercury's history of formation is similar to that of Earth's. About 4.5 billion years ago the planets formed. This was a time of intense bombardment for the planets as they scooped up matter ...
- 3920: The Life and Work of Ronald Dahl
- ... impact his Norwegian upbringing would have on his future, Dahl wrote in Boy that the most idyllic days of his youth were spent during the summers he, his mother, and his sisters would visit Sofie's parents, Betsepapa and Betsemama, in Norway (53-74). "The summer holidays! Those magic words! The mere mention of them used to send shivers of joy rippling over my skin" (Dahl, Boy 53). Although these annual forays to Norway were enjoyable for Dahl and his siblings, and they helped to alleviate Sofie's grief, she always regretted that her son would not have a father. She could do little to ameliorate the situation except carry out her husband's dying wish: he wanted his children to attend English public schools, which he thought were the best in the world (Howard 1). Consequently, at the age of six, while the annual journeys to Norway ...
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