Since the Dark Ages‚ mankind has sought innovative solutions to a problem that has plagued them for centuries. Soldiers who were amputated and left handicapped from the horrors of war struggled to find a functional answer to their situation. Peg legs and hand hooks were one of the first developments in ancient prosthetics. However‚ they were unwieldy and difficult to hide. It was not until the early 1400’s that prosthetics were created with functionality and subtlety in mind. During this time in
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The topic of Source One is how explorers and colonists of the New World took part in horrific‚ illegal events to colonize the foreign lands‚ but yet they were not the ones who suffered from these events. This phenomenon is portrayed in the source through the image of a wanted poster for Christopher Columbus‚ where Columbus is wanted for several offences including: genocide‚ racism‚ initiating the destruction of a culture and rape. The poster also goes on to state that the reward for Columbus is “500
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Doing gender article talks about the actions that we all display on a daily bases or things we see in others actions every day. Since society has given us the free will to be whomever we want in expressing ourselves‚ many do just that freely. The authors were curious to dig a little deeper in finding how these individuals choose to identify themselves with their actions. So their main purpose of this article is to “propose an ethnomethodologically informed‚ and therefore distinctively sociological
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"And then‚ do you know‚ Monsieur Marius‚ I believe I was a little in love with you." (Hugo‚ et al. 244). Victor Hugo’s‚ Les Miserables‚ is not just another story to tell and catch the reader’s attention‚ it is so much more. It portrays many people’s lives during the 1800’s and the attempt to change their lives for the better. One of them is a young woman named Eponine and her family. In pursue to find love and purpose‚ Eponine showed to be the most sacrificial and resilient woman in this novel
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Many do not understand how devastating and tragic the Alzheimer’s disease is. It is much more than memory loss or just a part of aging. Alzheimer’s is a degenerative disease that slowly strips the personality and independence away from a person. It is a progressive disease that destroys and kills nerve cells which results in problems with memory‚ personality changes and thinking and problem solving abilities (source 1). Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States
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Vidallon‚ Mark Louis P. Date Performed: February 20‚ 2012 CHEM44.1 2L Date Submitted: March 12‚ 2012 MIXED-ALDOL CONDENSATION Synthesis of Cinnamaldehyde I. Introduction Cinnamaldehyde‚ cinnamic aldehyde or 3-phenyl-2-propenal is the major constituent of cinnamon oil‚ extracted from several species of Cinnamomum (C. verum‚ C. burmanii‚ C. cassia)‚ under the family Lauraceae‚ a group of evergreen trees. Cinnamon bark (particularly C. verum) yields 0.4-0.8% oil‚ which contains 60-80% cinnamaldehyde
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result in criminal charges being filed. If carried out by individuals unskilled at chemistry they could result in serious bodily harm. MDMA ("Ecstasy") is a semi-synthetic compound which can be made relatively easily from available precursors. Synthesis instructions exist which can be followed by an amateur with very little knowledge of chemistry. However‚ people with less than 2 years of college chemistry experience would probably not be capable of sucessfully synthesizing MDMA‚ and would either
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Huck Finn Censorship Synthesis Essay In this modern day and age‚ everything offends someone. Eating at Chick-fil-A hurts the LGBT community‚ going to see the latest Adam Sandler movie gets the Jewish mad at you- so why is it surprising that Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is being changed to please people? Whether they be teachers‚ students‚ black or white‚ there need be no change in Huck Finn. And if any change were to be made- that would be censorship. The Adventures of Huckleberry
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acidification of salicylic acid and acetic anhydride. The objective was to convert a specific amount of salicylic acid into the same amount of aspirin that was high in purity. Furthermore‚ the other objectives were to enable students to conduct the synthesis of aspirin‚ reinforce skills or recrystallisation and the technique of melting point determination. The amount of each compound should be the same because there is a 1:1 ratio between them. The purity of the synthesized aspirin was measured by determining
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In the commentary piece “No Firemen at Ground Zero This 9/11” written by Michael Burke‚ son and brother of firemen‚ is about how the first responders during 9/11 are now being forgotten. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is denying to honor the first responders on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 because there is not enough room to accommodate them. Burke is standing up for those heroes’ honor and memory. Burke utilizes many rhetorical techniques to convey his message including: narration‚ description
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