The 200th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille is the occasion of national celebrations in France‚ a flood of books‚ articles and TV programmes‚ presenting opinions for all tastes. Yet beneath all the ballyhoo‚ the ghosts of 1789-93 are beginning to stir uneasily. The modern descendants of that very bourgeoisie which was the principal benefactor of the revolution are experiencing a crisis of identity in their attitude to their own past. As one journalist expressed it‚ "although all serious
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The Fall of Rome- Disease and Plague Gracelyn Gutierrez In Ancient Rome‚ the wealthy had lead pipes that carried water to their houses. Due to lead poisoning in water‚ the rate of death in wealthy homes was very high. The interaction of people at the Coliseum and the blood and death most likely spread disease. Those who lived on the streets went through an uninterrupted season of illness and disease. Alcohol use increased‚ furthering the intolerance of citizens. Poor families lived in crowded
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Amaranth was a hedge fund based out of Greenwich Connecticut started by Nicholas Maounis in 2000. At its peak‚ Amaranth had 9 billion dollars in assets and employed 115 employees. Amaranth began by trading convertible bonds and made a lot of profit through convertible arbitrage by simultaneously buying and selling convertible securities and common stock to capture gains from a difference in prices. Because convertible securities were often mispriced‚ this trade was very popular and as the rest of
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The Seneca Falls Declaration was written in 1848 at a convention in Seneca Falls New York. Two Quaker women‚ Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ organized the convention. The idea for the convention came about when Mott was denied a seat at an international antislavery meeting in London. The convention was comprised of 240 people‚ 40 of whom were men. The Seneca Falls Declaration was modeled after the Declaration of Independence. The Deceleration of Seneca Falls has an introduction that
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Case study 10.1 - THE RISE AND FALL OF WORLCOM Bernie Ebbers built WorldCom‚ Inc. (now part of Verizon‚ Inc.) into one of the world’s largest telecommunications firms. Yet he and chief financial officer (CFO) Scott Sullivan have become better known for creating a massive corporate accounting fraud that lead to the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. Two investigate reports and subsequent court cases conclude that WorldCom executives were responsible for billions in fraudulent or unsupported accounting
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Interpretations of the Fall of Icarus Different descriptions of one story can determine the impact forced upon one’s heart‚ mind‚ and soul. Brueghel‚ Auden‚ and Williams‚ composers of three divergent interpretations of the fall of Icarus‚ illustrate and explain the central thought of man’s failure. Brueghel expresses the lack of concern the surrounding people possess for Icarus though his illustration‚ while Auden generally states that tragedy occurs. As for Williams‚ he vaguely interacts with the
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the transition between looking at my feet and lifting up my head to face the landscape‚ it is something that can hardly be put into words. You might be wondering by now what is this thing that had such an intense effect on me. Two words: Niagara Falls. There is only so much you can tell about how gorgeous they are. To be completely fair‚ even though pictures can give you an idea about the beauty of the place‚ it is absolutely nothing compared to actually standing there‚ right in front of them.
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Purpose: The purpose of this experiment is to verify the acceleration due to gravity using the picket fence with a photogate‚ LabPro and LoggerPro software by measuring it with a precision of 0.5% or better. Theory: All objects‚ regardless of mass‚ fall with the same acceleration due to gravity assuming that there is no air resistance. Objects thrown upward or downward and those released from rest are falling freely once they are released. Any freely falling object experiences acceleration directed
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Falls Introduction To Rise from a chair and walking around require muscle power‚ proprioception and balance. Inactivity results in muscle weakness‚ loss of sense of the joint position and loss of balance (Kröpelin et al.‚ 2013). Falls are one of the geriatric syndromes threatening the independence of elderly and it is a misdiagnosed and underdiagnosed problem in the primary health care with an important impact on healthcare costs (Rao‚ 2005). Annually‚ from 30 to 40% of the community dwelling elderly
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suffering and loss of independence that are experienced by older adults who fall‚ but a number of trends highlight the magnitude of the problem: * Falling accounts for 80-95% of hip fractures in older adults. * The rate of fatal falls increases dramatically with age. * Falls are the leading cause of injury deaths for older adults. * Among adults 75 and older‚ those who fall are four to five times more likely to be admitted to a long-term care
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