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- 8521: Social, Ethical And Biological
- ... receive adequate support from home and family or maybe because most have a high rate of poverty since they are a minority. In New Zealand where certain cancers are at the highest incidence in the world, the government spends over 110 million dollars each year on treating patients with smoking related diseases including lung cancer. If more money went into preventing out young and Maori teenagers picking up the smoking habit, the cost might be reduced and lives saved. Today billions of dollars are spent throughout the world on cancer especially in developed countries of the western world where a lot of money is freely available. Most of this research is carried out by private organisations and therefore ethnic minorities appeal to be included in their research. Dietary factors underlie as many ...
- 8522: Violence on Television
- ... shows which he will watch that week and marking them off with a highlighter. On an average day the Addict will come home from work or school, put off all responsibilities, and escape into the world of TV. In this world, the Addict has no demands or responsibilities. The TV becomes his only focus of attention, and all of his energy goes into staring at the TV. While watching one of his favorite shows, the Addict becomes totally oblivious to the world around him. He will not answer his phone, talk to his family or friends, or do anything else which may distract from his viewing pleasure. He lives to watch TV. Just as the Addict ...
- 8523: Socrates
- ... soul. Much of this work was brought out by his student, Plato. Socrates was born in Athens, Greece and lived there all his life. When he did leave it was to serve in the Peloponnesian War. He was married to a woman named Xanthippe and they had two sons. In 399 BC, at about the age of 70, he was accused of impiety and of corrupting the youth of the city ... the attempt of real definition was decided by assumptions about the kind of answer and confusion over the type of question involved. Because of Socrates, Philosophers turned from an interest in scientific explanations of the world to a search for a kind of knowledge that would help the soul continue to grow. He is a model of what a rational Philosopher should be. He holds a place in history as the ...
- 8524: Earthquakes 2
- ... can simply be defined as a naturally induced shaking of the ground caused by the fracture and sliding of rock within the earth's crust. There are at least 6,000 earthquakes detected throughout the world each year. Many people have heard about or experienced first hand the effects that an earthquake can have. But many people don't understand what causes them and what exactly is happening during an earthquake. In the following paper I will be explaining the causes and effects of earthquakes. There are at least 6,000 earthquakes detected throughout the world each year. Of these 6,000 about 5,500 are either too small or too far away from populated areas to be felt. About 450 of these estimated 6,000 are felt but cause no ... slip faults which are caused as a result of either type of stress. Some earthquakes tremendously effect the earth. No earthquake is exactly alike another so the effects vary depending on the part of the world the earthquake occurred and the size of the earthquake. One effect that earthquakes have is strong ground motion. Strong ground motion is a result of seismic waves reaching the earth's surface. Another effect ...
- 8525: Something Wicked This Way Come
- Will the Real Heroes Please Stand Up The world today is filled with great heroes. Unfortunately, our culture has a tendency to confuse hero worship with the character of a true hero. How then, is a hero defined? Is it someone who is brave ... that sound more like a real hero? Volunteers are heroes as well, especially those who volunteer to serve the poor. Every year millions upon millions of people donate their time and effort to help fight world hunger, disease, and build homes for those without them. Mother Theresa was one of the biggest heroes we ll ever see. She dedicated her whole life to helping others, she fed them, sheltered them, cleaned ... too. They spend their lives educating others. Without them what kind of lives would we live? They teach us essential skills. Skills that will help us know what we need to make it in this world. They spend extra time with us when we don t understand and help us to learn. These are the people who deserve this title, and no one else. These are the real heroes and ...
- 8526: Crime Films
- ... top of that he gets paid. There is always a fascination when money and power is involved. The character is portrayed through the majority of the film to be worry free, on top of the world, healthy, respected, and loved. The major problems presented to Tony through the earlier portions of the film are those just like any common man: arguments with his mother and sister; family disputes; and overzealous protection ... follow many different routes. Events in history have been of great influence in changing the classical genre film styles. The evolution of the women's movement, the roles of the family and the portrayal of war after WWII are some major examples. As we saw in White Heat the use of the A-bomb was integrated into the final shot of Cody Jarret. The great depression in the mid-west was ...
- 8527: The Chamber: A Look Into the Novel and Film
- ... my father was in the Klan.' `Why did he become a Klansman?' `Because his father was in the Klan.' `Great. Three generations.' `Four, I think. Colonel Jacob Cayhall fought with Nathan Bedford Forrest in the war, and family legend has it that he was one of the early members of the Klan. He was my great-grandfather.' " (123). Adam Cayhall is a young motivated lawyer who is driven to save his ... Chamber is a story about life and death and how it is treated by different people. In the film, The Chamber more about relationships. " The film is about a young man, very alone in the world, connecting with his grandfather and trying to understand who he is.' " (Greer 4). Despite the differences between the two, The Chamber proves to show a political message on the infliction of the death penalty in ...
- 8528: Anaximander
- Anaximander About 530 AD the Neoplatonist Simplicius wrote an extensive commentary on Aristotle's Physics. In it he reproduced the Anaximander fragment, thus preserving it for the western world. He copied it from Theophrastus. From the time Anaximander pronounced his saying--we do not know where or when or to whom--to the moment Simplicius jotted it down in his commentary more than a ... of two thousand five hundred years, still say something to us? (Heidegger 16) Anaximander, it is widely believed, was responsible for constructing one of philosophy's first complete sentences and, coincidentally, one of the early world's most profound thoughts. The man was reportedly born, the son of Praxiades, in the seaport of Miletus in 610 B.C. He spent his life philosophizing on the Greek island of Samos until his ... is also unimportant. As a final question: Can we still glean something from the works of Anaximander and his contemporaries? I am inclined to answer in the affirmative, for rational thought and discussion guide our world; they are one of the ways in which Humankind has been able to survive this long. Even if we do not agree with the pre-Socratic ideas, we must at least believe in their ...
- 8529: Taoism In Star Trek: Action Versus Inaction
- ... the trap is revealed, Ryker states "If we resist we die. If we don't resist we die." Neither action nor inaction was the key to salvation. Ryker's statement was based on a physical world; the Tao goes beyond action or inaction of a physical sense. The Tao Te Ching states, "the Master does nothing, yet leaves nothing undone."(pg. 38) The Master does not rely on the world of the senses to decide her action. Everything the crew of the enterprise tried to do was based on overpowering the trap. "More energy, faster adjustments. But that's exactly what we can't do ... of our lives. Lets us travel across the galaxy. Even gave me my vision; but sometimes you just have to turn it all off." Geordi had finally embraced the idea that his actions in this world are useless. His vision, his technology, are all just manifestations of perception. Truth lies far beyond what can be seen or felt, but it can be found deep within by casting aside all we ...
- 8530: Peter The Great 3
- ... 1714, it had 34,550 buildings. The Following are some of the depressing things that happened to the city, during and after its construction: (4:99) 1705-the entire city is drenched in water 1709-war with the Swedes 1715-people died due to roaming wolves 1721-floods and fires raged, and Peter nearly died To modernize and beautify his town, Peter created the academies, and the first libraries. He also ... center of many plots by the conservative clergy and boyars to overthrow Peter, and overturn his reforms. Soon, Peter issued Alexis an ultimatum, either follow him loyally and support his reforms, or retire from the world as a monk. Alexis denied, and continued to be used by others. After hard questioning to Alexis and the boyars, Peter gave up and arrested and imprisoned Alexis in 1718. While being questioned in prison ...
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