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- 11161: The First Flush Toilet
- ... this product was "Certain Flush with easy Pull. Will Flush when only Two-Thirds Full". Today, every toilet (or similar flushing thing) is based on Tomas Crapper's original model. This invention defiantly changed the world and made it a MUCH more sanitary place! This breakthrough has unarguably saved thousands of lives since its creation. Before this toilet, there was such highly unsanitary conditions that a hugh cholera epidemic in London ... 000 lives! I learned many things from this report, I think one important thing is how surprised I was that this flushable-toilet was not invented a long time ago! Can you imagine what the world would be like without the efficient flush toilets we have today ? Think of this the next time you make a pun of the name "Crapper".
- 11162: Homosexuality
- ... would grow up with his personality, lifestyle, and attitude being formed by homosexuals. The problem here is that such input from a decidedly unpopular point of view might not properly prepare the child for the world to come. Learning life through a homosexual’s eyes can do little but cause future confusion for the child when he or she realizes that people are not always raised by same sex couples. These ... feel that no one has the right to tell another how to live. However, this seems absurd in that society needs some moral fabric holding it together. One need not be reminded of what the world would be like if everyone was permitted to behave as they please. Simply by considering the above arguments concerning the gay lifestyle, it seems clear that such activity has no place in a moral society ...
- 11163: Bill Brady on Violence in America
- ... Brady suggests aiming for England’s low numbers and aiming for a 75% reduction in our homicide. The rebellion against violence must enhance our national example, not diminish it. We must always remember that the world is watching us more then ever before. Yet there are some common-sense actions that the federal government can encourage that would help prevent youthful gun violence, challenge young people with a possibility of a ... patients about it. Maybe this will remove the illusion that its isn’t only a “family matter”. Domestic violence also should not be treated as a pre-existing condition to dent women health insurance. The world must be provided with enough resources to fight violence. All who believe in the words love and trust must join the rebellion against violence. The stories we hear of youth will just spread around the ...
- 11164: Oil Never Sleeps
- ... with it on my feet. It makes me ill thinking that I pointed the finger outward to lay blame on "them" when Exxon Valdez spilled our lover into the ocean. The culture of the industrial world has revolved around oil. It fights and kills for it. It's worse than any drug addiction and more powerful than money (which was printed on 50% oil based paper). This illness is limited to those of us above the farming level. The mode of subsistence for the whole world is oil, with exception of the rapidly disappearing natural inhabitants (tribes, animals, etc..). The author didn't look this deeply into the subject, but it did probe me to look at the whole picture about ...
- 11165: Daniel Webster
- ... a legal practice in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in1807. Rising quickly as a lawyer and Federalist party leader, Webster was elected in 1812 to the U.S. House of Representatives because of his opposition to the War of 1812, which had crippled New England's shipping trade. After two more terms in the House, Webster left Congress in 1816 and moved to Boston. Over the next six years, he won major constitutional ... Britain involving the Maine-Canada boundary and successfully concluded the WEBSTER-ASHBURTON TREATY (1842). Whig pressure finally induced Webster to leave the cabinet in May 1843. The annexation of Texas in 1845 and the resulting war with Mexico, both opposed by Webster, forced the country to face the issue of the expansion of slavery. Webster opposed such expansion but feared even more a dissolution of the Union over the dispute. In ...
- 11166: Fiesta the Sun Also Rises by Hemingway
- ... as the narrator and supposed hero of the novel, fell in love with Brett some years ago and is still powerfully and uncontrollably in love with her. However, Jake is unfortunately a casualty of the war, having been emasculated in a freak accident. Still adjusting to his impotence at the beginning of the novel, Jake has lost all power and desire to have sex. Because of this, Jake and Brett cannot ... her walking up the street and of course in a little while I felt like hell again” (34, Ch. 4). Lady Brett Ashley serves as a challenge to a weakness Jake must confront. Since his war experience, Jake has attempted to reshape the man he is and the first step in doing this is to accept his impotence. Despite Brett’s undeniable love for Jake, she is engaged to marry another ...
- 11167: College
- ... already been made in both Illinois and California; it is time that the rest of the nation realizes the need for this change and takes charge. America is proclaimed the most advanced nation in the world and we are putting our future in the hands of social promotion. Society needs to answer the Presidents plea "help us end social promotion" (Rothsten 95). This can be done by the remedies described above ... in for the rest of my life. While many of my peers were progressing, getting promotions and higher salaries, I remained the ‘ever so needed’ administrative assistant in the Navy and now in the civilian world, preparing for my release from the Navy. I have to admit, I am great at what I do, or so I have been told on many occasions. However, the majority of what I do is ...
- 11168: Satellites
- ... they lead prospectors to mineral deposits invisble on earth's surface. Relaying communications at the speed of light, they shrink the planet until its most distant people are only a split second apart. They beam world weather to our living room TV and guide ships through storms. Swooping low over areas of possible hostility, spies in the sky maintain a surveillance that helps keep peace in a volatile world. How many objects, exaclty, are orbiting out there? Today's count is 4,914. The satellites begin with a launch, which in the U.S. takes place at Cape Canaveral in Florida, NASA's Wallops ...
- 11169: Horse Slaughter
- ... pregnant mares, foals, potential pets, and young but not-fast-enough racehorses. The need for explanation and reformation is at hand. Information ripped from the grasps of the unbeknownst is the best tool in this war. It is mandatory, that the atrocious violation of the animals that helped make America what it is today become know to every person. These pets have been there to help get food, carry materials, and ... to the nearest slaughterhouse. All I am asking you to do is realize the problem, consider the solutions and inform others. Horses are not live stock, they are companion animals, that have carried us into war, taken us through the spring time meadows, and been there always in our hearts and imaginations. Horses have a direct place in our pasts and hopefully our futures. Look at all the facts and think ...
- 11170: Creative Story: Everything Ends
- ... and whispered, "Why me?" "Why not you?" The man shouted back at her. "Why does it even have to happen in the first place? Why do the leaves change color? Why doesn't the whole world get together and declare peace? The truth is that something makes all of us crazy. For me, it's October. Mother nature mesmerizes me by making the whole world turning shades of red, yellow, and green. Every other month, I'm just a dead brown leaf trying to fade away on the autumn floor. I wake up, go to work, come home, and go ...
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