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“It’s all a question of origins” The origins of the world have always been a debateable topic with many different views and many sides of the argument. The origins of the world have been argued yet still people cannot come to a final conclusion. Some of these views are explained below. Scientific ideas   Many people believe in science being the source of the origin of the earth and the rest of the world. Man has always tried to look for the answers for everything independently. Now when the origins of the world are being questioned, humans have got science to get an answer; the big bang. If the big bang theory is scientifically proven then why doesn’t everyone believe in it? Almost all atheists in a recent survey said that they believed that the big bang theory was correct because it was something that they could relate to unlike God. They said “we can’t imagine what God did to make the world, was it like magic and it just came there.” The big bang suggests that

The Parable of the Sower, The Good Samaritan, The Prodigal Son The Parable Of The Sower There was a farmer who went to sow some corn. He scattered the seeds in the field and the seeds fell in various places. Some of the seed fell on the path where it was eaten by birds and stepped on. Some of the seed fell on rocky ground, and the plants sprouted but dried up because the soil had no moisture. Some of the seed fell in a thorn bush and grew up but were choked by the thorns. Lastly some seed fell on good soil and the plants grew and produced lots of grains. Jesus then explains the parable and says: The seeds that fell on the path represent those who hear, but the devil comes and takes the message from the hearts and stops them from being saved. The seeds that fell on the rocky ground represent the people who except gods message gladly but it doesn’t sink in and when there faith is on the line they fade away The seeds that fall among thorn

To what extent was Jesus a pacifist? To make a decision on whether Jesus was a pacifist must first clarify what i mean when we say pacifist. A pacifist is someone who believes violence is not the answer to solving problems. A pacifist feels that war is destructive, murderous and unnecessary. A pacifist would rather rely on negotiation, diplomacy and empathy to achieve resolutions to problems. Pacifists can often be split into to groups, Total Pacifists, people who would never use violence under any circumstance and Partial Pacifists, people who believe that violence should only be used as a last resort in self defence. Now that I have clarified what a pacifist is, I must compare how Jesus is shown in the bible and compare it with this definition of a pacifist. One of the arguments for Jesus being a pacifist is because he said: “Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called the children of God” in the Gospel of Matthew. This would suggest clearly that Jesus is a pacifist

What were the most significant WW2 battles? There were no insignificant battles in the war. However, there is clear proof that particular wars are more significant then other wars. The wars that would be classified as significant are the wars that are the most important and caused the most impact and maybe change the course of a whole war. Many historians have described Stalingrad as the turning point of World War 2. It has been described as the Hitler’s demise. The war began with the axis powers heading into the Soviet Union (which at the time was classed as a superpower) on June 22 nd 1941. The axis powers tried to siege the Russian city, Stalingrad. The war was the soviets against the Nazis and its allies (Romania, Italy, Slovakia etc.). Stalingrad was an industrial city and it also held the name of his rival Stalin. Stalin realised this and forced anyone who was able to hold a rifle to fight. This is seen as one of the most significant battles of World War 2 because Hitle

The creation of the world has always been a debateable topic. It has brought up many ideas and points of argument. It is one of the key questions in life and it is answered by almost all religions. It is one of the fundamental questions that can be the foundation of many people’s faiths. Another opinion is that the world was made from the big bang which is a big explosion which is sciences view. The big bang theory suggests that energy has always existed. Before time there was a massive amount of energy. Fifteen billion years ago (the estimated beginning of time) there was a ripple in this energy this expanded rapidly causing the beginning of time and the big bang. Matter began forming after 300,000 years with the first forms being what we call ‘particles’ there are three types of particles; protons, neutrons and electrons. Gravitational forces caused atoms to become attracted to each other. The early atoms were hydrogen. A minute amount of this hydrogen fused together to prod

Martin Luther King Jr. speech What was he trying to achieve? I think that he was trying to achieve equality. I think that he was trying to make America a better place by making everyone in America equal, and by making everyone being judged by their characters and not being judged being prejudiced by examination of just the external appearance. I also think that he was aiming to make America a place where all people work together and I think this is indicated when he says, “when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands”.  I think that he was demanding for peace between all races and was aiming for equality in every culture, race and religion. I think that the most important part of his speech and the key point to it is that ‘all men where created equal’ and that ‘the nation needs to lift the quicksand of racial injustice’ in order to make this happen. Has it been achieved? Why? I do not

Why is the ring at Casterbridge a suitable place for Henchard to meet Susan? There are a number of reasons why the Ring could be considered a suitable place for Henchard to meet Susan. Firstly, Hardy makes it clear the Ring is not a place of happiness. It is described as a Roman amphitheatre in the heart of Casterbridge where no joy can be found, even for boys who tried to play cricket in it. He even accounts the story of a woman who murdered her husband being put at the stake in the Ring. This could suggest the Ring was a suitable place for the meeting as just as an evil woman was put to rest in the Ring, so will Henchard’s terrible and disgraceful mistake. As the Mayor of Casterbridge, Henchard is considered as a very respectable man and it would greatly damage his reputation if people discovered he had sold his wife and child. This is another reason the Ring was such a suitable place for the couple to meet as it is the “spot as being safest from observation which he cou

How does Hardy use imagery particularly in Chapter Eleven? Imagery is one of the most important tools for an author to describe a scene or setting to the reader and it is used on countless occasions by Hardy especially in Chapter Eleven in his description of The ring at Casterbridge. In Chapter Eleven Hardy uses imagery to describe the history of The ring at Casterbridge. Hardy describes the gruesome past of this Roman Amphitheatre by saying, “It was impossible to dig more than a foot or two deep about the town fields and gardens without coming upon some tall soldier or other of the empire.” He paints a gruesome picture on The ring at Casterbridge by implying The ring is surrounded by death. This could be a sign of a bad omen and is perhaps used to give the impression that the relationship between Susan and Henchard, who meet at The ring at Casterbridge, is doomed to end badly, which it does when Susan dies mysteriously. Hardy also describes The ring at Casterbridge it

“Tybalt is to blame for this tragedy” discuss with reference to Act 3 Scene 1 On one hand, Tybalt is heavily involved in the build up to the tragedy in Romeo and Juliet; Shakespeare portrays him as a villainous character who is the cause of several deaths and misfortune. Throughout the play Shakespeare exposes Tybalt’s violent nature and his anger is particularly shown, when Tybalt confronts Romeo and insults him in Act 3 Scene 1 saying, ‘thou art a villain’. This, in the Elizabethan period was very insulting and shows how quick Tybalt is to start fights, proving that he is hot-tempered. Critics argue that Tybalt caused the tragedy as he encourages a brawl by inviting Romeo to ‘turn and draw’. Had Tybalt not said this, Mercutio would probably not have been provoked to fight and consequently die. As a result of Mercutio’s death, Romeo killed Tybalt, forcing Romeo to leave. This led to a chain of disastrous events resulting in Romeo’s, Juliet’s and Paris’ deaths. It can also be argu

The flood The sky was dark clouded and roared with thunder The rain hammered down like flying daggers The river rose and the riverbanks burst The flood is here The drains overflow and sewerage sails through the street Schools are closed yet school children aren’t happy Belongings and treasured items damp and destroyed The flood is here Gasping for air, clinging on to life The water is as cold as the arctic Swimming to save others is impossible We weep bitterly as others drown The flood is here Charity workers arrive to rebuild the city Friends and families sail away with the flood Stains of water on the walls indicate The flood was here Children think back to the flood, And see their mothers and fathers Parents think back to the flood And see their daughters and sons This reminds them: The flood is still here

Geography essay: how does a river change along its course? A river through the time that it exists changes its course from how it first began. The two parts of the river is the upper course and the lower course. These two parts of the river have very varied properties and do opposite things. Before finding out how a river changes on its course we must first know what a river does. Rivers do three main things: ·          Erosion (when water hits rocks and makes it wear away into silt) ·          Transportion (when the current of the water takes the silt with it) ·          Deposition (when the water leaves the silt behind) These things can be shown in a simple diagram: Erosion varies in the two courses. In the upper coarse vertical erosion takes place. In the lower coarse lateral erosion takes place. Other features of the upper and lower coarse are: ·          Small streams (upper) ·          Slow current (upper) ·          Mostly straight (upper) ·        

 Inflammation is a stereotypic, non specific response to infection. Its functions are to: ·          Deliver components of the immune system to the site of infection ·          Eliminate pathogen (if present) ·          Repair the damage ·          Return to homeostasis Ideally the inflammatory response should be rapid (acute), destructive, but also localised and self limiting. This essay will describe the events that occur during the acute inflammatory response and discuss its importance with respect to controlling infections. Inititaition/trigger The initiation and/or trigger for the acute response is the afferent arm of the immune system. Its function is to detect dangerous stimuli (which include PAMPs but also ‘self PAMPs’) and subsequently trigger the acute inflammatory response. This serves to either resolve the stimuli or recruit the adaptive immune system to deal with the stimuli. The mechanism by which this occurs is as follows: PAMP -> PRR ->Upr

To answer this question first must understand what they are. These are both trypanomastid , protozoan parasites with kinetoplasts. This is an extracellular DNA that consists of maxi and mini circles of DNA which contain enzymes for mitochondria. They both have indirect life cycles where they require 2 hosts. Draw below: Trypanasome: Metacyclic -> long slender -> short stumpy -> procyclic -> epimastigote -> metacyclic Leishmania: Promastigote (infectious) -> Amastigote (back to sand fly) Here it is clear to see that vectors play a part in their transmission. Nature of sandfly vs Tsetse Tsetse is definitive host, takes up parasite on tenerial feed. Within the fly it matures and becomes infective. The actual tsetse fly is not that common as it lays pupae, not eggs. Also it prefers feeding on livestock or game rather than humans. Sandfly is much more common as each fly lays around 100 eggs. They lay them into organic matter such as soil. What is the r

In order for a pathogenic bacterium to exploit a new host it needs to adapt to the new environment. It needs to acquire the ability to: ·          Invade the host ·          Attatch to and colonise the host tissue ·          Survive within the host avoiding both the hosts innate and adaptive immune system ·          Acquire nutritients within the host ·          Disseminate from the host and allow transmission. Often it is these attributes of the bacteria that cause its virulence (although evolution would favour the bacteria that can complete the above tasks without causing virulence as this would allow for greater transmission) The central dogma of biology states that the characteristics of an organism are determined by the DNA in the following way: DNA->RNA-> Protein And subsequently a change in the DNA is required for the acquisition of the above characteristics. This essay will discuss the mechanisms by which this change in DNA can occur as this underlies t

The role of the spermatozoa is to successfully deliver the paternal DNA to the oocyte to allow for sexual reproduction to occur. In order for this to happen, several events must occur and they which will be outlined in the overview fig 1: 1)     Movement into the epididymus 2)     Spermatozoa maturation 3)     Spermatozoa release during intercourse into female vagina 4)     Overcoming the cervix 5)     Capacitation in the uterus 6)     Activation of the sperm 7)     Binding to the oocyte 8)     Fusion with the oocyte 9)     Syngamy (not discussed) This process is a very difficult task and it serves as a selection process so that only the best sperm will be able to fertilise the egg. We begin with spermatozoa in the seminiferous tubules. In this state the sperm are immature . They do not have proper movement and cannot actually swim. They are bathed in a fluid secreted by the sertoli cells which washes them through the vasa efferentia and into the epididymis. Ma