had completed several expeditions in Congo‚ he hired him as his agent and between 1880 and 1884‚ Stanley established several trading stations‚ mostly in the lower Congo‚ and got local natives to sign agreements‚ not knowing they were giving away their land to Leopold. The area Stanley was able to get consisted of nearly 905‚000 square miles. At the beginning‚ King Leopold gained ownership over Congo mostly
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SENSATION AND PERCEPTION * One of the basic processes in the interaction of man and his environment that governs the reception of information. * Man must be able to sense‚ interpret‚ and respond to various events and stimulations. The study of reception and function of stimulation may be divided into two parts: * Sensation – considers the mechanism of receiving information * Perception – considers the received information and past experiences. SENSATION * Sensations that can
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Syllabus reference (October 2002 version) 3. The clarity of the signal transferred can affect interpretation of the intended visual communication Students learn to: identify the conditions under which refraction of light occurs identify the cornea‚ aqueous humor‚ lens and vitreous humor as refractive media identify accommodation as the focusing on objects at different distances‚ describe its achievement through the change in strength of the lens and explain its importance compare the
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-We have 2 parts in our nervous system: The central nervous system (CNS) is the nerves in our brain and spinal chord. The peripheral nervous system (PNS) is a network of nerve cells in the rest of our body. -Our nervous system detects stimuli and allows us to react to them. -Stimulus: a change‚ action or occurrence in the environment that can cause an organism to respond. Eg. Light‚ noise‚ pressure… How do we detect stimuli? -We have sensory organs that detect particular stimuli eg. Skin What
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what is known as a bottom-up processing. The reason for this is because said information processed is of a lower level; it is not as complex. The sensory organ (eyes) reacts to the environment by being sensitive to light. Light passes through the cornea and to make sure that the iris is not damaged due to its sensitivity to light‚ the brain using two bands of muscles in the iris control the amount of light that passes through. As a result‚ the brain is therefore in control of the amount the pupils
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2nd period Adam Hochschild’s popular novel‚ King Leopold’s Ghost‚ tells the story of the brutal dehumanization of the African people of the Congo all to fulfill the desire of wealth and power. Henry Morton Stanley‚ one of King Leopold of Belgium’s partners in crime‚ was distraught when England could not seem to care less about his discovery of the Congo in Africa. Leopold’s love for geography and the economy led him to dream of a bigger and better Belgium. Hochschild describes him as cunning like
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be in the Congo. You probably can’t even see that your own country is sliding into severe debt by getting involved in so many other countries’ affairs. Pay attention to your own country! Again‚ stay out of our politics. So you believe the Congo is turning into a communist country? Why does this matter
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blood‚ thick and dark...it darkens until it can looked charred‚ and can slip off the body in sheets...the rims of Barbara Birke’s eyelids became wet with blood‚ while the whites of her eyes turned ruby red and swelled out in rings around the corneas...the corneas appear sunk in dark red pits‚ giving to the patient a frightful appearance...the blood in the eyes of a smallpox patient deteriorates over time‚ and if the patient lives long enough the whites of their eyes will turn solid black..." In the
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I. Organ donation takes healthy organs and tissues from one person for transplantation into another. Organs you can donate include: kidneys‚ heart‚ liver‚ pancreas‚ intestines‚ lungs‚ skin‚ bone‚ bone marrow‚ and cornea (the front part of the eye). (medlineplus) II. Organ donations usually occur for patients with kidney failure‚ heart
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The disease I’m studying is the Wilson disease. Wilson disease was discovered by Dr.Kinnier Wilson in London 1911. Dr.Kinnier taught at the University of Edinburgh in London. At that university is were Dr.Kinnier discovered the Wilson disease. Wilson’s disease is an inherited disorder were extra copper builds up in the liver‚brain and eyes. Wilson’s disease is an autosomal recessive trait. (Autosomal recessive trait: means two copies of an abnormal gene must be present in order for the disease or
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