What is the Holocaust? When did is started and why is this a major event in history? Holocaust comes from the Greek origin meaning “sacrifice by fire”. The Holocaust slowly began in January 1933 and ended May 8, 1945. In January 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler was Chancellor of Germany. Germans believe that they were superior to Jews. They began boycotting Jewish shops and businesses. The Jewish population in 1933 was over nine million. At first it started as discrimination and then the Jewish community…
We have discussed ‘challenges’ and I want to make sure you are aware of how we define challenges. A ‘challenge’ can be on an emotionally reactive level, anything from a small negative reaction to a full on meltdown and all the emotions that can include. Or a ‘challenge’ can be what appears to come from external events such as loosing a job, illness and other life events. A ‘challenge’ is anything at all that creates a reaction within you that is not a balanced one! I want to keep this…
as an old man. He has extremely deep wrinkles on his face. Mainly because of his poor hygiene. The next thing you notice about Bob is his horrible smell. The smell to him is so bad that if you come into contact with the smell that it will probably clog up your nose. You won’t be able to smell for months. Yes, the smile is that bad. He smells like a dead skunk that has been laying on the road for about days or even weeks. He and his wife are always arguing about his hygiene. Nobody would want to…
The Outbreak of Cholera in Haiti Ayva Rodriguez Felician College The Outbreak of Cholera in Haiti It’s been almost 5 years since the cholera epidemic in Haiti affected thousands of people that even until now the pathogenic organism are still around claiming the lives of Haitian individual ("Combat Cholera," 2014). Cholera may have been around during the time of the Greek physician “…Hippocrates (460-377 BCE) and the Indian peninsula” as their record indicates the similarity of the disease…
In the United States, one in seven children are abused at some point during their childhood (Bartol & Bartol, 2014). Abuse can be divided into four categories: physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect. Exploring abuse through the lens of physical abuse, physical abuse is one of more episodes of aggressive behavior, usually resulting in physical injuries with possible damage to internal organs, sense organs, nervous system or skeletal system of another person (Mosby Medical…
Would you buy stolen goods? Yeah, because, according to you, you are not stealing anything, so no problem. But do not ever think that what you are doing is contributing to more thefts occur? This is the same. The meat is very nice as a burger, but you have to know where it comes from and who has had to happen so you can eat it. A rather selfish is to believe you own the freedom of your fellow man. In this essay I will rely primarily on animal exploitation in terms of our food, mainly from cows…
Adenocarcinoma is derived from ‘adeno’, which means gland, and ‘carcino’ for cancer. It can form in many parts of the body, but each tumor is unique to its location. As a respiratory cancer adenocarcinoma is found in the mucus-secreting cells on the outer part of the lungs. It is a part of a group of lung cancers known as non-small cell lung cancers, which are categorized together because of similar prognosis and treatment, rather than similar cellular shape like other diseases. Most cases of…
The identity conflicts in the characters of Santosh (Out of Many by V.S Naipul), Aziz (Perforated Sheet by Salman Rushdie), and Chike (Chike’s School Days by Chinua Achebe) is occasioned many things related to the effects of post-colonialism, essentially the American and European cultural image creating a culture shock as well as an economic factor. Both are uncomfortable in their setting and opt to adopt their new environment (Lacan 54). Although they think their new cultures they have settled…
Suburban Sprawl The term sprawl intends to extend with an absence of thought. When I picture a canine sprawling on a lounge chair: paws on every one of the pills, one foot toward the end of the love seat and one on the inverse end of the sofa, face down in the cushions. The meaning of urban sprawl is the same as the pooch: an unkempt, uncontrolled and un-directed method for creating ranch land. Reid Ewing, in his article, "Is Los Angeles Style Sprawl Desirable", characterizes sprawl as low…
Cystic Fibrosis Cystic fibrosis is a recessive genetic disease in which the lungs and digestive system get filled and clogged up with think sticky mucus. Cystic Fibrosis can also be called Cystic fibrosis of the pancreas, Fibrocystic disease of the pancreas, Mucoviscidosis, Mucoviscidosis of the pancreas, Pancreas fibrocystic disease, Pancreatic cystic fibrosis. This disease affects the cells that control digestive fluids, sweat and mucus in the body, and makes these fluids thicker and…