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Astronomer Tycho BraheWhat: A poster-sized display. It should include a mix of text and pictures. It may also include charts or diagrams. (If you wish, you may also include physical objects or "artifacts" that you create, but this is not required.) Due-date: Sections 01, 02, 03: Thursday, May 23 Expectations: Your museum display should be rich in information, visually clear and attractive, convey the historical significance of your subject, and indicate the sources of all information, quotations, and images (web URL's, etc.). Important events should be dated. Life-dates of important people and reign-dates of rulers should be provided. Text, charts, and graphs must be your own (not cut and pasted from other sources). Text on your display should be proofread for correct grammar, spelling, punctuation and sentence structure. Scientific Revolution Figure: Tycho Brahe (astronomer) Checklist for Museum-Display Project - Use this checklist as you complete your museum display: ___ 1.) The text has correct gra |
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Your Diet and NutritionAbstract This paper explores the ways that eating a healthy diet composed of the proper vitamins and minerals can be beneficial for your physical, social and emotional well being and how healthy eating will allow the body to feel good and function properly. Your Diet and Nutrition There are many benefits to healthy eating and they are usually separated into three main categories: physical, social and emotional. Some of the physical benefits of eating a healthy diet include maintaining good body weight, supporting your body while you are growing so you can reach your full physical potential, gives you energy and some studies have shown that a balanced diet will ensure you have the essential nutrients you need for your brain to function efficiently. Social benefits of eating a healthy diet can lower health costs, which will allow work to be more productive. Some emotional benefits of eating a healthy diet include having more confidence along with higher self esteem, when you are happy |
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The Ethics of Belief by Peter SingerIn the essay "The Ethics of Belief," by Peter Singer, Singer's argument is that "a person who believes what he is told and is unreflecting and unquestioning should not be allowed to hold great political power." Singer's premise deals with the very broad topic of underserved suffering in the world. The existence of undeserved suffering and the cultural relativism of religious belief are serious grounds of doubt about the existence of the Judeo-Christian God. Yet none of this seems to trouble Bush in the least. Bush is not inclined to reflect on the philosophical problems of religious belief; he is equally trustful about the Christian Scriptures. It never crosses his mind that, since the Gospel according to Matthew was written several decades after Jesus died, it might not be a reliable historical document. I also agree with this argument. We are often left to wonder how a God |
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The Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliNiccolò Machiavelli was an Italian philosopher, politician, and writer during the late 1400's and early 1500's. He is known by many as the father of modern political theory. Machiavelli is most famously known for writing "The Prince," which was an advice book showing princes how they should govern their lands and people. The Prince was well known for moving away from traditional ideas on how to lead, and creating new ones that had never been used before. The key difference between "The Prince," and other advice books for princes at the time was that Machiavelli "divorced the process from the Christian virtues" (Woodcock, 2010). Those values were the traditional values such as don't lie or steal or break your word. Machiavelli said that following those virtues will make a leader predictable, and lead to his eventual downfall. Machiavelli instead spoke of virtu. Virtu is the act of knowing what needs to be done in a certain situation and having the ability to do it. It is t |
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Alopecia Areata and WomenIntroduction Alopecia areata (AA) is a chronic autoimmune disease which destroys the growth of hair follicles in the body (Hunt & McHale, 2005a). Individuals who develop the disease are generally in good health. However, some may have been diagnosed with other autoimmune diseases, such as thyroid disease. It is believed by some scientists that the disease could be predisposed and elements such as a virus or environmental conditions may have caused the condition to form (Gilhar & Kalish, 2006). The National Alopecia Areata Foundation (2011) reported individuals with alopecia areata usually develop circular patches in the scalp at the start of hair loss and eventually may lose hair entirely over the scalp and body. Some individuals may recover or re-grow their hair and others may not recover hair on the scalp or body. The autoimmune disease may destroy hair follicles in patches or could affect the total growth of hair on the scalp (alopecia totalis) and body (alopecia universalis) of m |
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Sample Essay Assignment - Explaining Opposing PositionsAssignment - Writing an Expository Essay Essay 4 is an Expository Essay. This means that you will write an explanation and an interpretation of two opposing viewpoints on the debatable topic you chose to explain in Essay 3. YOU WILL NOT EXPRESS AN OPINION IN THIS ESSAY. The aim or purpose of this essay is to explain major opinions and concepts related to two opposite opinions on the topic you have chosen. At the end of the essay, your reader should have a solid overview of the topic and a strong sense of the major arguments for and against the topic issue. You are building your knowledge of a significant issue and are using that knowledge to inform your reader, NOT to persuade them. NB (Note Well): Even though you are writing about the opinions of others, you will not express your own opinion(s) or take a stance on the topic. You must cultivate and maintain an objective point of view throughout this essay, even though you are presenting and explaining debatable issues surrounding t |
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The Gangster DisciplesThe beginning of the gang "Gangster Disciples," begins with none other than the chairman of the gang, Larry Hoover, who gained high recognition through the ranks of Chicago's gang scene in the early 1960's. Hoover took over the gangs control in the year 1974 by making multiple alliances with local street gangs. Hoover later ended up running his gang as much as he could from behind bars until he was later moved to a more tight knit security wing in the early 1990s. Larry Hoover was born in the southern town of Jackson, Mississippi on November, 30, 1950. Just 5 years after being born Hoover and his family moved to the south side of Chicago in 1955. When he was just 16 years of age, Hoover had joined a local gang of about 50 or more members that called themselves the Supreme Gangsters. Larry and his newly found gang would hang around their neighborhood, which were the slums, at the corner of Green St. and 68th on the South Side of Chicago. In 1965 Hoover, when he was just a sophomore, was |
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The Quebec Referendum of 1991Essay Question What political, economic and social consequences would have occurred if Quebec had voted "Yes"" in the 1995 referendum? 1. Background to the idea of a sovereign Quebec, and the referendum In this essay I will be discussing what political, economical and social consequence would have occurred if Quebec had voted "YES" in the 1995 referendum. I will being doing so by looking at the meaning of a referendum, and also the reasons behind this particular one. A referendum is defined as "a general vote by the electorate on a single political question which has been referred to them for a direct decision" (Word Reference, 2012). Of chief importance when looking into the 1995 Quebec referendum is to firstly look into the reason behind it, and the cause of it. Starting by looking at the 1960s Quebec was a home for people of a movement attempting to separate Quebec from Canada, and to make Quebec a French-speaking nation. Due to this, in 1969 Canada changed its official language of English to both French and English. Following this in 1977 a controversial law was implemented which changed the Quebec educational system, by limiting th |
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Australia and the Vietnam WarThe Vietnam war was fought in 1955 to 1975, and the Australian military fought in it from 1962 to 1973, and at the time, it was the longest that Australia had participated in all-out war. Just over 60,000 Australia soldiers fought in the war with 521 Australian's killed and approximately 3,000 wounded. The Vietnam War was fought not only in Vietnam but also in surrounding countries such as Cambodia and Laos. There are many contributing factors for the beginning of the Vietnam War which was all linked to the Cold War. The term ˜Cold War' refers to the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union (Russia) which began after World War II through suspicions and hate between the two superpowers. These two countries never fought against each other because they knew the outcome would be to devastating but used allied countries to fight between themselves, for example; The Vietnam War. Before World War II Vietnam was part of the French Empire and after the war were given control of the Southern Vietnam while the Chinese w |
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Legal and Non-Legal RulesLegal Rules - reflect the values of the majority of the community and establish rights and responsibilities. Legal rules deal with the conduct of individuals in society. They apply to all members of the community. You cannot live in Victoria and not be bound by the laws that apply in this state. Non legal rules are made by individuals or groups, whereas legal rules or laws are made by parliament, subordinate authorities (eg. Vicroads, local councils) and courts. If we break a law it may result in a sanction such as a community based order or even imprisonment. Laws are enforced by the courts and legal tribunals whereas organizations set up there own decision-making bodies to resolve disputes. Non Legal Rules - apply to a group of individuals, but not to society as a whole. The members of t |
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Notes on Shakespeare - His Life and His TheaterSoliloquy - a speech in a dramatic work in which a character speaks his/her thoughts allowed Aside - a remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play Irony- the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect Dramatic Irony - character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character Paradox- a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true S |
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Darwinism in Europe from 1850-1890One evening, Sally Hawkins, a Catholic commoner living in the Netherlands, went to a nearby meeting place to have a cup of tea with some friends. While at her table, Sally overheard a group of men discussing something she'd never heard about; a theory called Darwinism. Intrigued, she went over to the men and asked what this was which they talking about. When they shared with Sally that Darwin's theory proposes an evolutionary process for all living things, progressing from stage to stage in an adaptive manner, she angrily threw her tea cup on the ground, and walked out of the establishment. The men, unfazed by the woman's emotional response, continued on with their discussion. And as for Sally Hawkins' reaction to Darwin's proposal? It was merely the first of millions, if not billions, of similarly angry and uniformed responses that would be heard from opposers for centuries to come. Darwinism is scientifically defined as a biological evolution theory developed by Charles Darwin, a |
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Values Analysis - The Boy in the Porcelain Unicorn"Porcelain Unicorn" is a short film that introduces us to an elderly gentleman who flashes back to a time during World War II in war-torn Germany. The flash back begins with him and his friends breaking into an abandoned building. While there, he discovers a young Jewish girl who has hidden herself from the German Nazi's. The boy's reaction during this brief encounter could be considered paradoxical to the common belief system that was taught during that period of time. In this paper, I will discuss the perspective of the elderly gentleman and the correlating relationships of values that support that perspective. The film begins with an elderly man, dressed in a suit, walking down the sidewalk of a quaint neighborhood. Tucked away in his right arm is a box. The camera zooms in on the box and the tight embrace of the man suggests that this box holds some significance and that he values its contents. In his left hand is a piece of paper with an address on it. As he is walking, he glance |
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Obesity - Contributing FactorsOne reason why American's have such a huge problem with obesity is that much of the food we consume has harmful ingredients. For example, when people eat too much food with fructose, which is an inexpensive sweetener found in many foods, it will "trick" people's brain into making them think that they are still hungry. The problem is that fructose is a poison, just like alcohol, because it so sweet and help food maintain its sweetness over longer periods of time. Therefore, it effect on brain regions that control appetite. As a result, people are going to eat more and more food. The issue is that the high fructose along with other harmful ingredients is hiding everywhere. Another culprit is processed carbohydrates, often found in beverages such as sodas and fruit juices. For instance, the highly processed carbohydrate leads to increased human's appetite and stimulates the reward center in the brain regions; thus, our body impose many bad materials and |
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Gender Roles in A Midsummer Night's DreamWilliam Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," is a story about the ways men and women interact with each other. In this process, gender roles become a key motif for discussing the relationships. This play is an excellent illustration of the idea that men play a dominating role in relationships, as well as the ways in which how women respond to this control. In "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Shakespeare presents the idea how patriarchy influences women. In a father and daughter's relationship, the daughter ought to obey her father, which is supported by law. For example, Egeus says, "As she is mine, I may dispose of her which shall be either to this gentlemen or to her death, according to our law Immediately provided in this case" (1.1.43-6). This quote is set at very beginning of the play, when Hermia argues with Theseus about her marriage choice. This quote shows that, in a daughter's marriage, there was no freedom to make a personal choice. The husband will be chosen by the father. These customs have a strong law back-up and are also supported by a country's royals. In this act, Theseus who is the duke of Athens, is also important in the process. He tries to persuade |
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The Spiderman ComplexThere are certain burdens that are inextricable from human life. These are burdens which all men face and endure, but they manifest themselves differently within the frames of each person's individual circumstances of life. The ways in which an individual's personality works with these unique circumstances will determine how burdens are handled and carried out by each individual. In this paper, I will use certain philosophical ideas of Nietzsche and Sartre to discuss the burdens of moral responsibility and suffering as they present themselves as the prevalent dichotomy of Peter Parker's young life. Parker, upon whom the role of Spiderman is thrust, must deal with this dichotomy of burdens as he struggles to come to terms with himself and his role in society. Peter Parker is introduced to the audience as a shy, bespectacled teenager who is ridiculed and misunderstood by his classmates for his social awkwardness and his love of science.1 On a school trip, he is bitten by a genetically a |
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High Incarceration Rates in the United StatesOne of the reasons when have such high incarceration rates is because of the three strike law. I believe that the three strikes law creates an excessive number of incarcerations. Over half of the states in the United State adhere to the three strikes law. Since the law is defined by the state government each law varies by state but the idea is always the same. The idea behind the law is to deter habitual offenders by giving them harsher sentences. The name, of course, comes from baseball and is just as it sound. Three strikes and you're out. So, the third time an offender commits a felony they receive a much harsher sentence. Most times the harsher sentence will include more time, which means there will be one more person in the prisons for longer. Also, many people go back to prison because they do not meet the rules in their parole agreements. The second reason I believe our incarceration rates are so high, is due to our extremely firm stance on drug offenses. In 1971, President Nixon declared a War on Drugs and you still hear that phrase thrown around quite often today. Today politicians se |
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The Schools of CriminologyThe classical school is very different than the thinking demonstrated from the positivist approach to crime. Free will, individual decision making, and the benefit of society to the individual are the bases of classical criminology. Classical school deals with the crime using punishments and deterrence actions. Positivism, however, disagrees with the concept of the individual and free will and instead praises the idea of enduring evolutionary traits that define a basic criminal personalty, and which can be solved using scientific methods. Classical school of criminology uses subjective factors to define criminal activities while positivist school of criminology uses a more objective method such as scientific investigations. To simplify, the classical perspective is a person makes the decision on criminal activity while the positivist believes that certain traits present in a human being effects behavior. The founders of the classical school, Beccaria and Bentham, were theorists on |
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Group Project - Various TechnologiesThe group project on Wiki was very interesting and informative. Being able to do our own portion of the assignment and tie it all together with the other group member's info all neatly into one page was fascinating. Every group member had access to the page and could edit any part of it, this was extremely important to the group effort of the project. If someone wasn't contributing enough, the other members could pick up their slack and help finish the page before the deadline. In the end, the group project tied together a lot of important information in regards to different areas of technology. The first group took on the subject of green technology." According to this group, green technology is a way to use technology ethically and without hurting the environment. Green technology is trying to take all the technology we use today and make it more efficient for people and healthier for the environment. This group did a very good job presenting the information in a way that allowed ot |
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The Rise and Fall of Ngo Dinh Diem's RegimeThe war in Vietnam was a battle in which many major figures around the world played a part. One of the significant figures that played a huge role in the Vietnam War from 1954-1963 was Ngo Dinh Diem. The United States wanted to spread democracy into the eastern world, and as a result, the United States saw Diem as a perfect candidate to lead the South Vietnam into democracy after the French had been defeated. Diem was "natural for the part"" (Young 44). He was an "ascetic bachelor from a large, ambitious Catholic family with a long history of government service under the French"" (Young 44). He was selected because he had reliable credentials as a nationalist and was an anti-Communist. Diem was "the only Vietnamese politician who would absolutely never enter into contact with the Vietminh under any circumstances"" (Young 49). However with Diem in power in Southern Vietnam along with his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu, numerous policies were created which resulted in many unnecessary deaths and |
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Money, Money, Money - College SportsBuckle up. I'm about to propose something so earth shattering, you may just drop, throw, or break whatever medium on which you're reading this. College athletes deserve to get paid. Wait? What? Yea, that's right - young adults who are enrolled in a university, while playing a sport for said university, should be paid. Wait a second, aren't there scholarships, grants, and loans for college athletes? Yes, there are. Doesn't that money include room and board, food, tuition, and books? Yes, it does. Isn't that amount of money enough to live on? Yes, it probably is. If these are the questions running through your head when you read the opening sentence, good for you, you're right where I want you. However, I'm not saying student athletes are not receiving any sort of financial help, rather that they aren't being paid for the services they are providing. cFirst off, we need to define what it means to get paid. What qualifies one to get money from someone? Dictionary.com defines pay as, "transfer[ing] money as compensation or recompense for work done or services rendered " (Dictionary.com, 2012). Do college athletes not fit into this definition? College athletes are essentia |
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Underlying Themes of The IliadThe underlying theme of Homer's masterwork, "The Iliad," is mortality. While there are obvious motifs throughout the poem, I believe that Homer is telling us that death is inevitable regardless of stature. The gods often are referred to as immortals showing us a main difference between the mortals and gods. However as we learn later on even the sons of gods cannot escape death. It is interesting to me that in the synopsis version of our text the deaths are not covered. The books omitted are crucial to understanding how mortality is dealt with. Homer's scenes of death are often explicit and repetitive. This allows the reader to understand that mortality is real. Early in BK I Homer speaks of heroes bodies being left to rot in Hades (lines1-6). Thetis speaks to Achilles about his |
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A Place Called UtopiaEarly Modern European Nobles were the upper echelon of the upper echelon. They were the richest of the rich and many of them would not work a day in their lives. They were people born into a noble family who assumed the titles that were there before them. There are many cases of not so bright or incapable nobles who unfortunately inherited their titles. The noble's way of life was very luxurious and focused on leisure rather than work. They had many servants and the nobles dominated the highest positions in their territory. The nobles owned vast majorities of land, which provided them with income because the peasants who lived on the land had to pay rent, fees, and did manual labor for the nobles. If the nobles of this time had to adhere to Utopian arrangements I believe that there would have been a major uproar. Many of the ideas presented in Sir Thomas More's Utopia were very different than what the nobles were used to. The political, social, economic, and religious arrangements were |
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The Elements of ArtDrawing Drawing from direct observation is neither more nor less important than drawing from imagination or memory. Drawing from observation helps provide a tool to learn to see more attentively to detail and helps develop the ability to draw from memory and/or imagination. Drawing can be: As a notation, sketch, or record of something seen, remembered, or imagined. As a study of preparation for another larger complex of work. As an end in itself, a complete work. One artist who used this process in their body of work was Leonardo da Vinci. He is noted as a man of many talents. He used sketching as a preparatory process in his subjects along with his inventions, as shown in our textbook. (pg. 79, Chapter 4; Figure 4.2; Leonardo da Vinci: Three Seated Figures and Studies of Machinery). This example shows his effort to capture both human and mechanical motion as scientific research. Painting Painting is the use of colors in an order to showcase a picture on a support base structure. Whe |
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Grendel by John GardnerIn 1971, American author John Gardner wrote "Grendel." With a mastermind of creativity, John Gardner successfully retells the classic epic poem, "Beowulf." He captures the reader by giving an interesting view of order and chaos, good and evil, hero and monster, allowing the monsters point of view to be seen. On July 21, 1933 John Gardner was born in Batavia, New York. He was the son of a preacher and his mother taught English. They were very fond of Shakespeare and loved to recite literature. Gardner spent his early days attending school, playing French horn, and working on his dads farms. In April 1945, Gardner's brother was killed in an accident with a cultipacker on their family farm. Gardner was driving the tractor during the team of the accident. He took the guilt for his siblings death, and as a result he suffered from nightmares and flashbacks. Taken over by the guilt and self-hatred, he beings to perfect his playing of the French horn; he use the instrument as a blockade from |
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