The Day You Were Born I was forty-one weeks and one day pregnant‚ lying in an uncomfortable hospital bed‚ wearing a hideous pink gown‚ and counting the minutes until my next contraction. Apparently‚ you were very comfortable in my tummy because there was no sign of you making your appearance any time soon. I was having plenty of contractions but was not dilating; our doctor was looking for a count of at least 60 on the room monitor‚ but I was only in the mid-20s. Before long she ordered that
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What were the causes of the American Civil War? The Civil War happened due to the many differences between the North and the South. For example economic‚ social‚ cultural and political differences. These all helped lead America to a Civil War. But to an extent‚ the most important cause was the fact there were many disagreements with states’ rights versus federal rights. It was clear that there was always going to be a conflict between the federal government and the state governments because
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Wilson April 8‚ 2007 What is the American dollar backed by? In the twentieth century the American dollar has gone through several phases. The first phase of the American dollar is the creation of the Federal Reserve Bank. The next phase was the worldwide strengths that the dollar gained because of the accords reached at The Bretton Woods Conference of 1944. The closing of the gold window by President Richard M. Nixon in 1971 was another important phase of the U.S. dollar. Finally‚ enters the
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What If It Were You??? Probably the most debated topic today is abortion. It is uncommon for the topic to be brought up when new friends are first meeting because almost everyone has a stand on the issue‚ and there are only two possible stands (which happen to be largely the opposite). According to the Webster’s dictionary‚ the definition of abortion is: "expulsion of a fetus from the womb before it is viable". You might say that this definition is a little unclear because we must ask‚ what does
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1. Define socialization. Why is it important around the world? What are some possible outcomes associated with social isolation and maltreatment? Socialization is the process whereby individuals learn and adopt the values‚ beliefs and expected behaviors of a society. Just like in chapter 4 culture refers to the way a certain group in their society lives. Socialiation connects with culture because its a process to learn. Its important because when one interacts with one another thats how we develop
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------------------------------------------------- What were the grievances of the Third Estate in 1789? There were three national ‘estates’ in France‚ the First Estate made up of all clergy ranging from Archbishops to Priests and the Second Estate made up of nobility were the ‘estates’ that did not need to pay any tax at all. The Third Estate was defined negatively as everybody who did not belong to the first two estates including the bourgeoisie‚ the artisan workers and the peasants. With a
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1) What were the functions of the Delian and Peloponnesian Leagues? The Delian league was set up by the Athenians for an alliance between all the Ionian Greeks so to stamp out the threat of Persia. Athens took charge because Sparta retreated into its own self-interests‚ so to only protect themselves so the Ionians looked for help among the Athenians. It was formed in 477BC at Delos (which was a neutral city). The league seemed successful because in they had some big victories such as in: 478BC Byzantium
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business environment‚ your low cost carrier (LCC) is in financial difficulty. As the CEO of this LCC‚ you however believe that if the airline manages to control the cost‚ your airline can survive. You therefore decide to reduce the operating expanse including the labour cost but you would avoid lay-offs. What cost reduction measures would you implement and why? In airline industry‚ the cost can break to two parts: fixed cost and variable cost. And there is very hard to cutting
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just to catch a glimpse of possibility in their life. But what would they do if they do if they were told who they were to become? In Macbeth‚ by William Shakespeare‚ Macbeth is posed with that question. He is able to see his fate through with the help of witches. He fulfills one of the requirements for being a tragic hero‚ learning something‚ by realizing his individual influence on fate by hearing the witches’ prophecy and deciding what to do and believe after. When the witches revealed Macbeth’s
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What were the African reactions to slave trade? (The question requires for you to describe the reaction of Africans from the point of views of peoples‚ individuals and captives). The Atlantic slave trade which was inevitably began by the Portuguese‚ but later in time taken over by the English‚ was the sale and exploitation of African slaves by Europeans that occurred in and throughout the Atlantic Ocean from the 15th century to the 19th century. Most slaves were transported from West Africa and
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