1983 births Essays

  • Spooky

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    They decided to go trick or treating. She was dressed as The red queen of hearts and Matthieu thanks to his stepdad) was a cat boy. In order to get him into the costume, Oliver, Dempsey's father, allowed him to keep wearing his sunglasses. Dempsey wore a bloodied up doctor's outfit, fake blood on his face too. After they were done, her father took them to Oliver’s house, he had a few drinks with Matthieu's father, Jacque and decided to go home. He kissed Rin’s cheek. “Be good, mind Mr. Kirkland

  • General Electric's Corporate Social Responsability

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    I chose to look into General Electric for this project because they are an energy supplier and multi-national company. Energy providers have a reputation as a money hungry companies that care about the bottom line more than people and the planet. It is easy for a person to assume that a corporation of GE’s size, money would be its only concern. What I learned was that GE has a public image problem more than a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) problem. The company has been working to make

  • Australia Day, January 26th. Do we need to reconsider?

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    Australia Day is annually celebrated on the 26th of January; the date recognises the initiation of British sovereignty over Australia in 1788. The nation’s achievements since then are nothing short of outstanding. As regarded as a considerably young nation, we have realized extraordinary growth, expansion, development, stature and respect across the globe; and deemed our greatest achievement, our multiculturalism. Yet despite these momentous attributes and reason to celebrate, we choose to commemorate

  • Dmitri Mendeleev: No Law Of Nature

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    Dmitri Mendeleev By: _Kandalynn Naidl_ My Chemist: Dmitri Mendeleev “No law of nature, however general, has been established all at once; its recognition has always been preceded by many presentiments”,said Dmitri Mendeleev. This quote inspired me, and told me to slow down not to rush, to do things in sections. This made me want to pick Dmitri Mendeleev. As soon as I searched him up, the other chemists were ok, I mean a little interesting, but when I read his biography and many of his famous

  • Tokyo Rose: Iva Ikoku Toguri

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    Born on July 4, 1916, in Los Angeles, California, to the parents of Jun and Fumi Toguri, Iva Ikoku Toguri was an American citizen with Japanese heritage (Lerner 163; Tokyo1). Toguri and her three siblings were raised in a predominantly white neighborhood in Compton, California, where their father disapproved of them learning the Japanese language so they could better fit into American society. Toguri eventually went on to attend Compton Junior College after finishing high school and then transferred

  • Nixie Alternate Ending

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    Under the deep blue water, Nixie the mermaid lived with her sister Pearl. They both lived in Ocean Grove, it is a city where everyone has a role in the community, Nixie delivered fresh seaweed to everyone’s living space and Pearl was part of the Mermaid council. It was Friday morning and Nixie just finished delivering seaweed to everyone’s living space, the last stop is her own cave. Nixie swims up to her cave and see’s Pearl staring at the picture of their parents. She swims up to her and puts

  • The Birth of Computer Programming Ada Augusta Byron King Countess of Lovelace

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    The Birth of Computer Programming Ada Augusta Byron King Countess of Lovelace In a world of men, for men, and made by men, there were a lucky few women who could stand up and be noticed. In the early nineteenth century, Lovelace Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace, made her mark among the world of men that has influenced even today’s world. She was the “Enchantress of Numbers” and the “Mother of Computer Programming.” The world of computers began with the futuristic knowledge of one Charles

  • Cognitive Development

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    Though many machines or computers can perform many functions such as mathematics or language, they cannot come close to replicating the complexities that allow every individual to form the personality and emotion that makes us unique. PRENATAL-BIRTH: Watching a fetus develop from a fertilized egg is very intricate yet miraculous process. This just the beginning developmental stages of what Berger refers to as “by far the most complex structure in the known universe,” (Berger, 2005). A mother

  • The Bell Curve

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    Socialization, we are each born into a specific set of social identities, and these social identities predispose us to unequal roles in the dynamic system of oppression. These identities that are ascribed to us at birth, are handed to us through no efforts or decision. “Immediately upon our births we begin to be socialized by the people we love and trust the most, our families or the adults who are raising us. They shape our self-concepts and self-perceptions, the norms and rules we must follow, the roles

  • Autism

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    times more common in males than in females. It most cited statistic is that autism occurs in 4.5 out of 10,000 live births. The estimate of children having autistic qualities is reported to be 15 to 20 out of 10,000. The gender statement noted before is not uncommon, since many developmental disabilities have a greater male to female ratio. Autistic characteristics are different from birth. Two more common characteristics that may be exhibited are the arching of the back while being held, to avoid contact

  • Controversial Minority Representation in the Film, Birth Of a Nation

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    Controversial Minority Representation in the Film, Birth Of a Nation Birth of a Nation was a film that broke several artistic boundaries in the film industry yet was seen as the most racist film of any generation. This has caused it to be a film under heavy debate since its release in 1915. One can never look past the racist depictions that this film portrays in it. However, to truly understand the film and explore its importance in the study of minorities in film, one must look at this film

  • Birth of Equality and the Death of Chivalry

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    The Birth of Equality and the Death of Chivalry "...And now it's time for girls on trampolines!"  Adam Corolla of The Man Show shouts at the end of the insipid program supposedly providing men with "manly" entertainment;  "We give men what they want to see."  This show involves beer guzzling at its best, childish antics involving midgets and the degradation of women in many forms.  It seems as though chivalry may truly have died.  In the woman's on-going quest for equality, the respect and reverence

  • Pediatric Ethics and the Surgical Assignment of Sex

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    male nor female. One reason comes from Turner's Disease where the chromosomes are XO, and there is a sex chromosome missing. Another mutation is the XXY chromosomes, known as Klinefelter's Disease, which occurs in an average of one out of every 1000 births. There is also, Mosaicism, where different cells split into different parts, making up XY and XO chromosomes. Hormonal complications can change the gender... ... middle of paper ... ... who believe the same. Surgery may never even be needed.

  • Preparing for and Having a Baby

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    “Today, about one in every three U.S. births occurs outside of marriage. The proportion of births to unmarried women has risen monotonically over time, and attitudes toward non - marital fertility have become progressively more tolerant” (Musick, 2002, p. 915). Sometimes these births are planned and at other times they are not. “Dramatic increases in cohabitation and associated delays in marriage have changed the composition and character of non-marital births. Unmarried mothers now tend to be older

  • The Application of Utopia in Brave New World

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    passion comes emotional instability.  The Utopian state cannot afford any kind of instability and therefore cannot afford love. The destruction of the family is one example of the effect of Utopia's absence of love.  In a world of bottled-births, not only is there no need for a family, but the idea is actually considered obscene.  The terms "mother" and "father" are extremely offensive and are rarely used except in science. Huxley uses Mustapha Mond, the World Controller

  • Martin Luther Thesis Statement

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    Thesis statement: Martin Luther was responsible for the break-up of the Catholic Church Martin Luther was a representative during the 16th century of a desire widespread of the renewal and reform of the Catholic Church. He launched the Protestant reform a continuation of the medieval religious search. From the Middle ages, the church faced many problems such as the Babylonian Captivity and the Great Schism that hurt the prestige of the church. Most of the clergy lived in great luxury while most

  • One Hundred Years of Solitude

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    inseparability of the past, present and future in the imaginary town of Macondo, Columbia and the folks who established it, the Buendias. Macondo used to be secluded from the outside world but during a time-span of one hundred years that was joined by births, deaths, marriages and love affairs, the town began to develop its culture and views about life that directed the Buendias in creating ghosts that haunted them as the novel draws its conclusion. Marquez’s style in creating a fictional rural town of

  • Medicine - Midwives and Doctors Must Work Together

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    Midwife.  Independent midwives or "direct entry" midwives attend births at home rather than in hospitals or birth centers.  These midwifes are trained at independent midwifery schools or through apprenticeship. CNMs are registered nurses and trained and regulated as a part of the nursing profession.  Independent midwives are legal in some states, illegal in others although direct-entry or independent midwives are the primary home-birth attendants in the United States. Archie Brodsky, senior research

  • Prohibition and the Birth of Organized Crime

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    Prohibition in the United States was a measure designed to reduce drinking by eliminating the businesses that manufactured, distributed, and sold alcoholic beverages. The Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution took away license to do business from the brewers, distillers, vintners, and the wholesale and retail sellers of alcoholic beverages. The leaders of the prohibition movement were alarmed at the drinking behavior of Americans, and they were concerned that there was a culture of drink

  • Teen Pregnancy

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    though American teenagers are no more sexually active than teenagers are in Canada or Europe. Recent statistics concerning the teen birthrates are alarming. About 560,000 teenage girls give birth each year. Almost one-sixth of all births in the United States are to teenage women. Eight in ten of these births resulted from unintended pregnancies. By the age of eighteen, one out of four teenage girls will have become pregnant. Although the onset of pregnancy may occur in any teenager, some teens are