The Portuguese Man o’ War if a member of the Kingdom Animalia, phylum Cnidaria(1), class Hydrozoa, order Siphonophra, the genus Physalia, and the species Physalia(2). The man-of-war is not an actual jellyfish, but a Siphonophor. Also the man-of-war is not a single organism. It is made up of many different organisms that work together. These…
An antibiotic is defined to be a drug produced by certain microbes. Most doctors use antibiotics to help fight the germs in a patient. Antibiotics are obtained from plants, fungi, air, water, soil, just about anything on earth. Antibiotics kill and attack the germ or virus in the body, but do not hurt the human…
Sexual addiction, can be better defined if compared with other types of addicts. There is little difference between the voyeur waiting for hours by a window for forty seconds of nudity and the compulsive gambler hunching on a long shot. An alcoholic’s relationship with alcohol becomes more important than family, friends, and work. The relationship…
One of your male co-workers has a revealing photograph of a female on his desk at work. You ask him to remove the picture because it makes you feel uncomfortable. He does not remove the picture. Do you think this is a form of sexual harassment? According to Bertha Brooks, a speaker on the subject…
Today, every one of us is spending more of his leisure time watching TV, listening to the radio or reading newspapers and magazines. The shows on the TV and the articles in the newspapers influence our decision process, shaping our perceptions for the world. Besides the positive fact that we are better informed and in…
In the human body, each cell contains 23 pairs of chromosomes, one of each pair inherited through the egg from the mother, and the other inherited through the sperm of the father. Of these chromosomes, those that determine sex are X and Y. Females have XX and males have XY. In addition to the information…
An advertisement is a message printed in the newspapers or magazines, broadcast on radio or television, sent to individuals through mail or email or conveyed in another fashion. Its goal is to attempt or persuade readers or listeners to purchase a particular product or agree with a particular idea. The media is a very powerful…
Throughout the novel, there are instances of both violent and more refined sexual references. While an obvious reason for these is the titillating effects of them, there are deeper, more relevant reasons for them. There are three main groups within which the sexual activity takes place: Father and Mother, Younger Brother and Evelyn Nesbit, and…
Computer and telephone networks inflict a gigantic impact on today’s society. From letting you call John in Calgary to letting you make a withdraw at your friendly ATM machine they control the flow of information. But today’s complicated and expensive networks did not start out big and complicated but rather as a wire and two…
Microprocessors are defined as a computer’s central processing unit, usually contained on a single integrated circuit (Wyant and Hammerstrom, 193). In plain English this simply means that a microprocessor is the brain of a computer and it is only on one chip. Winn L. Rosch compares them to being an electronic equivalent of a knee-joint…
The laser is a device that generates a beam of light. The beam is produced by a process known as stimulated emission, and the word “laser” is an acronym for the phrase “light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.” Similar to radio waves, light can also carry information. The information is encoded in the beam…
Roy began work on her theory in the 1960s. She drew from existing work of a physiological psychologist, and behavioral, systems and role theorists. She was keenly interested in the psycho/social aspects of the person from the start and concentrated her education on this aspect of Person. Thus, the language/thinking of psychology and sociology became…
Initially, the story seems to be about one black boy’s struggle to get ahead in a predominantly white society. He tries’ to accomplish this goal by adhering to his grandfathers dying words. His grandfather told him to “live with your head in the lion’s mouth. I want you to overcome ’em with yeses, undermine ’em…
Ice Ages Earth has had several ice ages Ice ages are periods of time when freezing temperatures created massive sheets of ice that covered continents The last ice age ended between 6000 and 10,000 years ago During the last ice age, glaciers covered most of Canada and the Northern US How Ice Ages Occur An…
Fonts Select sans-serif fonts such as Arial or Helvetica. Avoid serif fonts such as Times New Roman or Palatino as they are sometimes more difficult to read. Use no font size smaller than 24 point. Clearly label each screen. Use a larger font (35-45 points) or different color for the title. Use a single sans-serif…
Where and When He Lived (Erik’s Background): Born in: Frankfurt, Germany on June 15th, 1902 1911: Adopted by step-father Theodor Homburger 1919: Begins traveling throughout Europe 1927: Becomes teacher at Heitzing School in Vienna Researched at the Vienna Psychoanalytical Institute 1928: Studied child psychology with Anna Freud 1933: Emigrated to USA; learned of society and…
Basic Background Information Born in Geneva, Switzerland on June 28th, 1712, to Isaac Rousseau and Suzanne Bernard. His mother died during childbirth, father abandoned him at the age of 10 By the age of 16, he left Geneva and began to travel Had many love affairs, however the most serious, left him with 5 children…
His life -Danish aristocrat and astronomer -Studied at Copenhagen University and Leipzig University in Denmark, where he was born. -Later he studied at the universities of Wittenberg, Rostock and Basel while travelling through Germany. -While studying, he took interest in alchemy and astronomy and started investing in observation tools. -Back in Denmark, he was funded…
During Victorian Era: Women were seen as pure and clean, their bodies were seen as temples which should not be decorated with jewelry nor used for physical activities or pleasurable sex. Could not oppose men Wealthy or spinster were an exception Single women were pitied Main purpose for women were to marry and reproduce Women…
The Poor Law Amendment of 1834 was introduced to combat the widespread poverty on the streets of England and to provide relief to the poor. The Poor Law Commission of 1832 decided to amend the previous poor laws, for they were too liberal and did not implement discipline into the poor. The poor had to…
