The laws of war The IHL and Geneva conventions are mainly known as the organizations that keep morals and sense in armed conflicts otherwise known as wars. These organizations place laws during war‚ if these laws hadn’t been put in place during 1949 I don’t think many of us would be here today. The main international agreements are the four Geneva Conventions of 1949. Nearly every country in the world is part of these treaties‚ they protect four different categories of war victims the wounded
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Editor for The Sun newspaper‚ the unknown columnist‚ in his or her editorial‚ Yes Virginia‚ argues the importance and the reality of Santa Claus. The writers purpose is to prove to a eight year old girl that Santa Claus is real. The author adapts a jubilant and protective tone in order to argue to both children and adults that Santa is real. The first paragraph establishes the idea that Santa Claus is real though others may say that he isn’t. Their doubts are because their minds are too rigid
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The morning before Nikki Giovanni’s speech a terrible event had occurred‚ when a student at Virginia Tech starting shooting fellow students. This shooting spree lasted for about two hours and by the end there were a recorded thirty-three deaths including the shooter. After this shocking event so many students and families were crying over friends‚ family and loved ones. Nikki Giovanni‚ in the speech “We are Virginia Tech” in 2007‚ addressed the Virginia Tech students fear and sadness. The speaker
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The typical convention of horror‚ specifically using the colour white‚ is shown in the typography. The colour white connotes the image of ghosts‚ spectral beings that haunt their victims. This connotation gives the audience the feeling of the ghost is gazing at the audience through the DVD cover through the blurry effect and the filter applied to bulge the text giving the text a spectral presence. This is also seen in the film “Entity” with the bold typography and a white figure in the background
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Virginia Woolf Essay In these two passages‚ Virginia Woolf describes two different meals she had during a university visit; the first was served at a men’s college‚ while the second was served at a women’s college. In order to describe the meals‚ Woolf uses elements such as narrative structure‚ manipulation of language‚ selection of detail‚ and tone to contribute to the narrative effect of each passage. Her underlying attitude is that society treats men better than women. In her narrative
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The Constitutional Convention portrayed different effects of each policy. Throughout the process various negotiation were made to accommodate different groups need. It seemed less complicated to draft a Constitutional structure to further promote our political agenda. However‚ satisfying everyone with all our policies was not an easy task. Although‚ the Constitution did accommodate every once need including minorities‚ aside from the Islamic funambulists. We Lala’s wanted to have a federal structure
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Virginia was a colony of many misfortunes‚ miscalculations‚ and misconceptions. This colony was an experiment in the process of English Colonialism during which many people died‚ starved and suffered. During the period of Virginia’s beginnings historians learned a great deal of information about the construction of Virginia. In addition to that Virginia’s actions would affect America in the long run with things such as slavery and agriculture. Likewise this Chapter tells us a lot about the study
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We‚ the delegates of Virginia believe and agree that the number of members of Congress should be proportional to population. We believe this because it is most beneficial for the population to be proportional because a huge state like Virginia should not have the same number of representatives of congress as a smaller state like Delaware or Georgia. The reason why we have such a large population is because we have such a large slave population. Slaves are the people who work in our fields and this
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each states representation in Congress. This would be known as the Constitutional Convention‚ the delegates present were all came from the upper class of American Society they were well educated and wealthy. These men came together with the mission of making
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APGAR SCORES Professor Virginia Apgar (1909-1974) • American paediatric anaesthesiologist • Founder of neonatology field • Also founder of Apgar score (1952) ← “designed first standardized method for evaluating newborns transition to life outside the womb” ← Further related Apgar score to labour‚ delivery and anaesthetics ← Apgar score at 5 min can predict neonatal survival and neurological development • In 1949: she was the 1st woman at Columbia
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