Still Life: Vase with fourteen Sunflowers, was created in Arles, France during the month of August 1889, and the painting itself can be found at the National Gallery in London, England, or online at I selected Still Life: Vase with Fourteen Sunflowers because this artwork is one of my favorite pieces of Van Gogh's works. ... The sunflowers are represented realistically with great use of positive and negative space, which makes any person who looks at this painting feel as if he or she is looking at an actual vase full of sunflowers bathe in early morning light. ... The light source...

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In light of this, evidence shows that for every ton of narcotics seized, hundreds more prevail. ... That response was that serious penalties may befall physicians who discuss marijuana with their patients, including limited Medicare and Medicaid eligibility and even criminal prosecution (New England Journal of Medicine, August 1997). ... It would be unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious for the DEA to continue to stand between those sufferers and the benefits of this substance in light of the evidence [recently revealed]." ... This bill would not change state laws, allowing individual co...

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The Aircraft Movement Statistics (AMS) Survey can be used to shed some light on these questions. ... Typically, as seen in the graph 1 below, aircraft movements peak in July-August, reaching over 500,000 movements on average over the last few years, and are at their lowest in December-January at around 330,000 movements. ...

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Japanese wanted to destroy the US' Pacific Fleet in order to clear the way to conquer Southeast Asia - US reacts by declaring war on Japan and inspiring men to enlist in the armed forces, creates a battle cry, General Kimmal forced to retire, America bombs major Japanese cities in revenge The Home front (life in the US during the war) - Farmers grew enough crops to feed the US and all its Allies - planes, bombers, tanks, scout cars and carriers, armored cars, trucks, light vehicles, rifles and side-arms, machine guns, artillery and ammo were produced in factories - production during the...

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Human Rights Country Report: Peru I chose to do this report on Peru in light of the recent "Truth and Reconciliation Commission's report- that was made public on August 28, 2003. The Permanent Mission of Peru to the United Nations Office at Geneva addressed on the 13th of September 2001, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (letter attached) informing them on some changes and the formal implementation of this commission whose goal it is: "to bring to light the process, events and responsibilities involved in the terrorist violence and violations of...

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This brought to light the Soviet policy governing the Warsaw Pact, the Brezhnev Doctrine, that stated "When forces that are hostile to socialism and try to turn the development of some socialist country towards capitalism, it becomes not only a problem of the country concerned, but a common problem and concern of all socialist countries". ... The government's inability to forestall Poland's economic decline led to waves of strikes across the country in April, May, and August 1988. In an attempt to take control of the situation, the government gave de facto recognition to Solidarity, ...

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This power perspective shines light on the intense conflict that associates with the flow of health information. ... The Final Rule for Transaction and Code Set Standards was published in the Federal Register on August 17, 2000.This was followed by the Final Rule for Privacy Standards, published in the Federal Register on December 28, 2000. ...

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After the death of Hindenburg, August 1934, Hitler enacted a law the preceding day that combined the offices of the President and Chancellor allowing him to take over as head of state and eventually abolishing the title of President making him Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor. ... But not until the war turned in favor of the Allies and the unraveling of the Nazi genocide of Jews came to light, did Germans protested that they were forced into the Nazi way of life for fear of being persecuted themselves and suffer the same fate of the Jews. ...

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In August 1997, 62-year-old convicted child molester was in the middle of a psychiatric liberties controversy when his plea of temporary insanity was questioned. ... (Grinfeld, Michael Jonathan, Sexual Predator's Ruling Raises Ethical, Moral Dilemma, Psychiatric Times, August 1997, Vol. ...

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This non-Western account made me believe for the first time that, in some respects, the dropping of the atomic bombs in Japan during August, 1945 was more deplorable than the Japanese offensive at Pearl Harbor. ... Hachiya, after meeting with troops at his hospital, relates in his diary how impressed they were with the American troops" light-heartedness, friendliness and warmth. ... I had always stoically studied August 6, 1945 as a part of the closing days of World War II. ...

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Food and Drug Administration in August 2001. ... To illuminate the GI tract and take accurate images, the capsule is designed from four light-emitting diodes (LEDs), a lens, a color camera chip, two silver oxide batteries, a radio-frequency transmitter, an antenna, and magnetic switch. ... The capsule itself is the size of a large vitamin and contains a miniature color video camera, a light source, batteries, a miniature transmitter, and an antenna. ...

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Rarely has a collection of documents similar to these papers come to light in modern history. ... In August 1964, a memorandum from the Joint Chiefs of Staff to Assistant Secretary of State William Bundy outlined the September schedule for OPLAN 34A. ...

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In the light of the following documents and your knowledge of the 1820s and 1830s. ... In a riot in Philadelphia on August 22, 1834, Philip Hone, a New York City businessman and Whig politician, wrote, "The spirit of riot and insubordination to the laws which lately prevailed in New York has made its appearance in the orderly city of Philadelphia, and appears to have been produced by causes equally insignificant--hostility to the blacks and an indiscriminate persecution of all whose skins were darker than those of their enlightened fellow citizens" (Doc E). ...

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Finally, the RCM process seeks to identify a suitable failure management policy for dealing with each failure mode in the light of its consequences and technical characteristics. ... The standard was published in August 1999. ...

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The failure of the international community, including the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and the United Nations, to denounce the atrocities in Burundi gave a green light to other African governments wishing to use a "final solution" to historical intertribal rivalries. ...

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Through much of history, the strength of a nation has been determined by the strength of its leader. Despite the appearance of holding power, leader's often are undermined by their own subjects as the case of Emperor Hirohito of Japan. It is true that during his reign Japan has seen a territorial expansion in Asia not unlike that of Genghis Khan's Mongolia or Julius Caesar's Rome but the question remains whether Hirohito played an active role in that expansion. Though often regarded as the people's emperor, Hirohito has proven to be less of a leader in times of war and ...

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DEFINITION OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY Superconductivity is a phenomenon displayed by certain conductors that show no resistance to the flow of electric current. Conductors are materials in which the electron current goes through. There are 4 different kinds of conductors. Insulators, like glass or wood, have a very high resistance to electron current while semi-conductors, such as silicon, have a medium resistance. Conductors, like copper and other metals, have very low resistance, and superconductors, comprised of certain metals such as mercury and ceramics such as lanthanum-barium-copper-oxide,...

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David Garvin in the August 1993 Harvard Business Review defines a learning organization as " an organization skilled at creating, acquiring, and transferring knowledge and and at modifying its behavior to reflect new knowledge and insights. ... I've got to find some way to light a fire the guy. ...

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" Tawny is a color described as light brown to brownish orange that is common color in the African landscape. ... On August 4, 1950, Mau Mau was declared illegal, even though the government knew little about it except that militant Kikuyus were winning over, coercing, or forcing other Kikuyus to take an oath against foreign rule. ...

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Background and During the Cooling of Relations The Second World War drastically changed the political map of the world, and especially the European continent. The basic premises of the new alignment of the world developed in the final stages of the war. The anti-Hitler coalition, the main role whic...

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But the account of Adrian Nastase's Government should be viewed in the light of dif-ferent considerations: Thus, the Romanian foreign policy has produced some positive results, as for instance the lifting of the visa requirement for Romanians traveling to the European Union since January 1, 2002, the invitation received last year in Prague to join the Nato and the visit of the US president George W. ... When the presidents of Romania and the Republic of Moldavia, Ioan Iliescu and respectively Vladimir Voronim met on the Prut on August 1, 2003 for the festivities organized in connection...

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One day as I was driving to my sister's house in Ravenswood, I saw an elderly man standing at the end of the off-ramp. The gentleman was holding a sign that read: "Homeless will work for food. God Bless."" As I rolled to a stop, I rolled down my window and offered him my last five dollars. To my amazement the gentleman declined my charity. ...

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Consider a typical paragraph from Slander, a book in which Ann Coulter laments at great length how "the left's media dictatorship- has kept the truth and light of conservatism from a benighted public: "Newspaper editors, TV executives, and publishers could simply refuse to hire or publish conservatives. ...

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Religious parties in Israel The religious parties aim to establish a Jewish State governed by the Jewish religious code, the Halacha. Some parties do not recognize the legitimacy of the State of Israel and are thereby making a concession towards their ideology by participating to the democratic electoral proceeding. They explain it by the necessity to access to political power to create a religious State. All of them consider the pursuit of the Jewish colonization on the territory of Great Israel as legitimate ( «  Eretz Israel   ») and are opposed to the creation of a ...

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