harmful effects of each. The final, and arguably most important aspect an individual must inspect is how society is affected by either meth or cocaine. Methamphetamine, or more commonly referred to as meth, is a popular recreational drug within the borders of the United States, but where is the origin of the narcotic? Methamphetamine was first synthesized from Amphetamine in Germany in 1887 by a Romanian chemist named Lazar Edeleanu. Later in 1893, it was also synthesized from ephedrine in Japan making
1982, 70) In an effort to gain more control over Haitian economic affairs, the United States engaged in a battle with France and Germany over the Banque Nationale. Two banks from the U. S. attempted to obtain control of the bank but lost out to a German bank, which proceeded to ally itself
fast in every way possible not only in the agriculture but also in the formation of new resources that our country could possibly gain from. There is still a lot of work to do, but if we continue to help and train Ecuador maintain and secure their borders from illegal drugs crossing the Pacific Ocean, we, the United States, as a nation or country could have a safer America with fewer drugs on the streets and have a country with better resources; thus allowing us to be less dependent on those countries
Oklahoma and New York have several different attributes that make both of them beautiful states in their own right, but they are very differing attributes. Oklahoma being located in the central United States has a completely different climate from that of New York, located in the northeast. Inhabitants from both states come from several different ethnic backgrounds, speaking several different languages. The standard of living in New York can be a lot higher than that of Oklahoma, especially if looking
Intro. Yuri Gagarin is still a hero and national icon in the Russia today. His achievement can be argued as having one of the greatest effects on Soviet culture. The young man who on April 12, 1961 became the first person in space and to circle the Earth in the Vostok rocket. When he returned to Earth, he was “born twice, there was his original, physical birth in 1934, and his second birth as a public figure in 1961.” This event is also a prime example of how technology has played a crucial role
more about the people and history of South Africa. The city’s name comes from the Shona term dzimbabwe which means houses of stone. The Great Zimbabwe Ruins are made of hand hewn granite and are located five hundred miles north of Victoria near the border of modern day Zimbabwe. The ruins span one thousand five hundred kilometers in size which is equivalent to one thousand eight hundred acres. It is the largest ancient structure south of the Sahara Desert. The ruins are made up of three main structures
familiar.” The uncanny does not send us screaming in horror, but instead, evokes a sense of oddness in an unsettling manner. Freud sums up the uncanny in simple terms, unwinding from the semantics of the German words Heimlich and unheimlich. The semantic scope of the words Heimlich and unheimlich in German entwines in a fascinating manner that is not easy to replicate in English. The most favorable way to represent the difference is that Heimlich represents the familiar or the homely, whereas the unheimlich
Abstract Social ecology is defined as the relationship of human beings to their environment. The social ecological approach analyzes the social, behavioral, and physical characteristics that influence community crime rates. This approach was developed in the early 1900s. Social scientists, Robert E. Park and Ernest W. Burgess, of the University of Chicago, developed this ecological analysis. This paper provides an overview of the studies and findings conducted by Robert E. Park and Ernest W. Burgess
Maus, first published as a complete work in 198X, is Art Spiegleman’s artistic work which captures his father’s experience during the Holocaust. Utilizing anthropomorphism, Maus portrays the Germans as cats and the Jewish community as mice. This cat and mouse game, which has become an overused cliché, takes on extremely dark undertones when the analogy is applied to the atrocities committed during the Holocaust. Speigleman’s use of the comic medium helps to increase the reader’s defamiliarization
Why is Interventionism Failing? From a decade in “Red” Vietnam to a decade in “Terrorist” Iraq, Post-WWII America consistently has forced its involvement into conflicts, claiming to be defending human rights and democracy. The problem is that the Red Scare had been brainwashing Americans into associating Communism with people who were bent on world domination. America was only viewed as the enemy by the Communists because we insisted on being so. Furthermore, we face a similar problem against those