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Among the plethora of holocaust and post memory works and creations, MAUS is a graphic memoir novel based on a true story of the author of the book Art Spiegelman’s typed oral conversation interview with his father Vladek Spiegelman. Maus documents His family's' experience as Polish Jews during the Holocaust and the complex relationship between the father and son. And Art Spiegelman also address his traumatic memory of second generation survivors. Spiegelman uses animals faces and masks, human…

large camp had been set up near the site for them to stay at. While at the camp Mulholland used his free time to look at the sites geological facts. The canyon contained a concrete batch plant and local aggregate was assimilated with 1.12 barrels of Portland cement. San Franciqusito Creek gave them the cumulative source and was located between one-quarter and two miles downstream. The flow of the creek was very low. Therefore only a little cofferdam was needed at the site and was incorporated in…

What hair color? Tall or short? Smart or athletic? Imagine that you are able to choose the traits of your child, would you create a perfect baby or conceive your baby naturally? Researchers have been saying that parents will be able to choose their child’s genes. This can be done by placing a sperm and an egg on a plate to be observed and modified. By PGD, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, and genetic therapy, human embryos can be checked for genetic defects and can be inserted genes that treat…

over VT under the subcontracting arrangement, and due to the Vietnamese government’s willingness to attract foreign capital, regulation of companies like VT had become even more difficult. However, human rights and labour activists in cities like Portland, San Francisco, and New York, were beginning to organize campaigns against labour conditions in “sweatshops”. In October 1997, groups in over 10countries organized protests, pickets, and informational campaigns regarding Nike’s production…

Following in the footsteps of my parents, I have known my whole life that I would grow up to be a Physical Therapist. I have watched my three elder sisters flourish and become wonderful people who work in the Air Force and in New York City. The people in my life have inspired me and help me to become who I am and who I will be. I aspire to get a higher education not only for myself but so I can benefit others. The community and people who live with and around me have supported me through great…

first primate cloned. “Cloning is a cell, cell product or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.” Researchers and institution Tetra was created in the Oregon National Primate Research Centre in Portland, United States of America by a team that was led by Professor Gerald Schatten. Professor Gerald Schatten did not the use the same technique used to produce Dolly the sheep but a new technique which is explained later. Why tetra was the chosen…

The Second World War had a profound global impact throughout its long six years. Today, more than seventy years after the horrific war, the impact is still acutely felt in London. From the recovery of the many buildings bombed during the Blitz, and to the war memorials to help us remember the valiant that helped the Allies win the war, there are constant reminders everywhere. There are numerous different memorials and statues commemorating the war, but some of the most interesting ones are; RAF…

Some of these include Big Brothers Big Sisters, Morrison Child and Family Services, Portland Homeless Family Solutions, and Lines for Life just to name a few. Each of these support various problems, such as helping the hungry, teaching children, housing the homeless, ending abuse and suicide, and transporting at-risk youth to/from appointments…

Julius Erving is considered to be one of the great individual basketball players of all time. It’s not just his incredible play that makes him special, he symbolizes many things about the start of the golden age of basketball. He symbolizes the divide between the ABA, or streetball, and the NBA. He symbolizes determination and perseverance not just for waiting 7 years for his first NBA title, but for pushing through the deaths of his brother and later his son. Finally he symbolizes a role model…

Delirium is a novel about a dystopian society written by Lauren Oliver, published in 2011. It is about a young girl, Lena Haloway, who falls in love in a society where love is seen as a disease, called Deliria. The story is set in Portland, Maine, the year 2091. Civilization is fixed in cities that had escaped deadly bombings, called the Blitz. The government came out with a “cure”, or a procedure that strips people of love and emotion. Before Lena could have her procedure, she catches deliria…