procedure was repeated. There were five [people] including myself undergoing the same process. After these daily sessions we were taken to barrack No. 8 – Auschwitz‚ which was destined [for] those who were to die‚ to see for how long we were going to survive. A [woman] passing by saw me gesturing and crying for help through a hole in a plank of the wooden barrack. She loosened the plank and wrapped me. I was saved. I know nothing about the fate of the other four persons” (Claimscon). After World War
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. She was asked to go and nurse the British soldier and was appointed superintendent of the Female Nursing Establishment of the English General Hospitals in Turkey. She took a revolutionary step by being the first women to ever hold that position‚ and she was very proud and happy. Nightingale had such a dramatic influence on nursing when the Crimean War started. “For 18 months during an otherwise forgettable war‚ Nightingale supervised a group of nurses in a British military hospital.” (Hobbs)
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Hilton history 1893At the direction of Bertha Palmer‚ the first American “brownie” is created in The Palmer House Hilton kitchen. It is served at the Columbian Exposition World Fair. 1919Conrad Hiltonenters the hotel business in Cisco‚ Texas. On his way to buy a bank‚ Hilton purchases The Mobley‚ a local hotel‚ instead. 1925The first hotel formally named a Hilton opens in Dallas‚ Texas. Elevators‚ laundry shoots‚ air shafts and other non-customer facilities are built along the west side of
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marijuana center their argument on several major points; legalization may increase the number of people using it and more criminals are on the streets. Moreover‚ it has been implied to be a gateway drug to more illicit drugs. A quote from President Barrack Obama states: Students who smoke marijuana have twice the odds of being a high school dropout. And have trouble finding jobs‚ get involved in gangs and crime‚ and end up on welfare. 80% of prisoners are high school dropouts; curbing the nation’s
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possible that the provisions of sequester may be necessary and actually good for the country. What exactly is Sequester? The Sequester is a series of automatic budget cuts‚ set to take place on the first of March 2013‚ signed into law by President Barrack Obama in August 2011. 85 Billion dollars of these cuts are set to occur during the 2013 fiscal year and will continue through 2021 totaling 1.2 trillion dollars. While sequester calls for across the board cuts to domestic spending as well as defense
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The Spartan family was quite different from that of other Ancient Greek city-states. The word "spartan" has come down to us to describe self-denial and simplicity. This is what Spartan life was all about. Children were children of the state more than of their parents. They were raised to be soldiers‚ loyal to the state‚ strong and self-disciplined. It began in infancy. When a Spartan baby was born‚ soldiers came to the house and examined it carefully to determine its strength.The baby was bathed
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The movie Saving Private Ryan illustrates the rescue mission of a World War II soldier who went missing at Normandy. Because Private Ryan’s three brothers were killed in action‚ a rescue team was sent out to find and bring him back to the United States so that his mother would at least have one living son. Throughout the movie‚ the World War II battlefield and ambiance is portrayed realistically and draws parallels to the events we studied in class. Because of the authentic depiction of World
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Universal Values and the Justification of Internationality By Shaya Aldosari Introduction: Does cultural plurality deny any possibility of universal morality? Universality means‚ among many definitions‚ internationality. It also means the eternal validity of human ethics. Before the so-called postmodernism‚ humanity used to believe in transcendental values and ideas that hold good of everyone1‚ that is‚ every ‘animal rationale’ which according to Aristotle is the only animal who is capable
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the profit-maximizing output and that it earns economic profits. At the profit-maximizing output‚ all of the following are correct except: price is equal to average total cost. People in the eastern part of Beirut are prevented by border guards from traveling to the western part of Beirut to shop for (or sell) food. This situation violates the perfect competition assumption of: ease of entry and exit. Suppose that some firms in a perfectly competitive industry earn negative economic profits
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INTRODUCTION. Physical security starts with a rather simple basic premise; those who do not belong on your institution’s property should be excluded from your institution. This may happen in three often interrelated ways: when those who do not belong are identified‚ stopped and denied admission‚ when those who do not belong are denied admission by a physical device‚ such as a locked door. When those who do not belong are denied admission because they decide that your institution is too difficult
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