Random A Flashcards
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Primordial Exisential Question
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aka Leibniz question
“why is there something rather than nothing
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Queen Anne’s War
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War of Spanish Succession
1701-1713
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war 1701-1713
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Queen Anne’s War = War of Spanish Succession
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if one man robs another, how does he do it?
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increased strength
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doctrinal paradox
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aggregating judgments with majority voting can result in self-contradictory judgments
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years of French and Indian War
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1756-1763
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hubris
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excessive pride or dangerous overconfidence
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redress
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compensation for a wrong or grevience
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ship of the man who first circumnavigated the world
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Sir Francis Drake
1577-1580
Golden Hinde
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defeated Napoleon at waterloo
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Duke of Wellington
1815
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pusillanimous
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showing lack of courage or determinatino
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convict settlement in Tasmania
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Port Arthur
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port city in Texas
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Port Arthur
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plenitude
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an abundance
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commensurate
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in proportion
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2 aspects of beneficiaries
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- we are obligated to act in the best interest of others
- provide benefits balance risks/harm benefits
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belief of Aristotle
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treat equally and unequals unequally
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treat equals equally and unequals unequally
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Aristotle
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respecting decisions =
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self-determinatin
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morality
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norms about what is right versus wrong. so widely shared tha they form a stable social
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Utilitarianism
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a moral righteousness based on what alternatives bring the msot good and least harm to the patient
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what is important to remember when you are doing infrastrcuture/space design
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plannign for future flexibility
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4 major organizations that govern the maintence and design of healthcare facilities
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TJC, OSHA, ADA Act, Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities byu Am Institute for Arch9itectuer
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IM/IT
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information management/info technology
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years of Margaret Thatcher
PM 1979-1990
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sacrosanct
not to be violated, criticized, or tampered with
set apart as worthy of veneration
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YSL
french fashion designer
- Yve Saint Laurent
Le Smoking Tuxedo for women
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did the Le Smoking tuxedo for women
Yves Saint Laurent
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Mexico's assembly sector is...
on teh Rio Grande
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The Earth Institute
at COlumbia
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where was Night at the Museum
American Museum of Natural History
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interface
shared boundarary across which two or more separate components of a computer system exchange informatoin
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arbitrary
usuing unlimited personal power with out considering other's reights or wishes
- exampleL an arbitrary ruler may impose harsh laws on people witout consulting them
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Muhahideen
peopel who engage in jihad and fight on God's behalf.
guriellas in Afgh War that opposed the invading Soviets (1978-92)
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fortitude
mental/emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously
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Kyoto Protocol
1997: to reduce greenhouse gases and Co2 in the atmosphere1
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year the UN was founded
1945
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much maligned
someone/something that is often criticized by people byt the criticism is unfair or exaggerated
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start of the War in Iraq
2003
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auspices
divine or prophetic token
kindly patronage
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beset
surrounded and harassed on all sides
threaten persistently
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remittance
payment of money that is transferred or sent from one party to another
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remit
to send back
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externalities
indirect cost or benefit to an uninvolved third paty that arises from another party's activities
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El Nino year versus La Nina
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soil chemistry elements
nitrogen, phosphorous, K, ph
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most important modern revolution
green revolution
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shortchange
treat unfairly by withholdign something of value
cheat by giving back an insufficient amount of money as change
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USAID
agency for international devleopment
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fait accompli
accomplished fact
- something that has already happened or been done and cannot be changed.
irreversible
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countries around Kenya
Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Brundi, Malawi
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transition zone between Sahara Desert and savannah
Sahel = forms a band from Mauritania to Sudan
(Mali, Niger/Nigeria, Chad, Sudan)
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euphemistically
by means of a mild/indirect word or expression instead of one considered too harsh or blunt
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Brache
last major astronomer (Renaissance) before the invention of the telescope
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laws of planetary motion
Kepler
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astronomers of Renaissance era
Tycho Brache
Galileo
Copernicus
Kepler - laws of planetary motion
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father of modern optics
Johannes Kepler
- of law of planetary motion fame
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insular geography
looks at the factors that affect the species richness and diversification of isolated natural communities
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Principia Mathematica
by Newton in 16887
calculus
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what helped Japan evade invasion
insular geography - field that examples the factors taht affect species richness and diversification of isilation natural communities
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benefit of the coal in Britian
freeded it from energy constraints taht it had been prevestiously had. never before was mass production possible
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what is modern economic growth linked to
urbanization.
as fod production increases, fewer people need
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why doesn't the mythology of women being weaker post childbirth make sense
b/c women still performed back breaking labor after giving brith
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Westinghouse
created railway air brake,
pioneered electrical indusry
- direct competitor with Edison. BUT Westinghouse looked at AC current and Edison DC
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yr the USSR fell
1991
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yr Berlin Wall fell
1989`
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build roof with dry straw
thatching
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sin qua non
an essential condition; a thing that is absolutely necessary:
"without which not"
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pig farmer Congress
Joni Earnest
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role Cuba Gooding Jr played in Pearl Harbor
Doris iller
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Navy Cross
Navy Cross is the United States Naval Service's second-highest military decoration awarded for Sailors and Marines who distinguish themselves for extraordinary heroism in combat with an armed enemy force. awarded by SECNAV. foreigners and other sevices can get too
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consummate
showing a high degree of skill/fair
accomplished/perfect
marriage official b/c sex
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law that defines certain sexual acts as crimes
sodomy laws
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sodomy
anal sex
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criticize unfairly
denigrate
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coalesce
unit or join together. or to belend or come together into a single mass
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controls the coast guard
homeland security
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John Kirby
Admiral who became the White House Natioanl Security Communicators Advisor
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brisket
cut meet from the breast or lower chest of beef or veal
80
Chuck Hagel
SecDef for Obama from 2013-2015
purple heart b/c infantry quad leader in Vietnam
primary source of his wealth was when he cofounded Vanguard Cellular post the war
US Senator from Nebraska and Chair of the Intelligence Oversight Board
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Operation Homefront
nonprofit that helps build homes for military families
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black WWII pilots
Tuskeegee airmen
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art/practice of pursuing dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping
brinksmanship
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brinksmanshp
art/practice of pursuing dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stoppign
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years of bad Camp Lejeune drinkign water
1950s-1987
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chemicals in Vietnam
defolients
Agent Orange
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scandal/corruption charges attempting to sell Obama's seat
Rod Blagojevich
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Rod Blagojevich
fraud for fillig Obama's open seat
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Sydney Blumenthal
Senior Advisor to Clinton. confidant to Hillary. employd at Clinton foundation
- correspondent for New Yorker and was a regular columnist of The Guardian plus Vanity Fair and WAPO
- wrote multivolume biographis on Lincoln
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FOIA
freedom of information act
91
year Noriega was caught
1989
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Yogi Berra
one of the greatest catchers in hx
18/19 yrs for Yankees
- won 10 world series as a player. most of any
- later manager/coach
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special force teams
SEAL
army ranger
green beret
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stopgap
tempoary fix
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republic
"public affair" in latin
political power rests with the public through representatives they elect
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Powell Doctrine
Gen Colin Powell in 1990-91 Gulf War
- set of principl
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accord
be harmonious or consistent with
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pork
national funding for government programs whose economic/service benefits are concentrated in a particular area but whose costs are spread among all taxpayers
- government funds/jobs/favors distributed by politicans to gain political advantage
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enigmatic
difficult to understand mysterious
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Robert Gates
SecDef from 2006-2011
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"it's not what happens to you but how you react that matters"
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despondent
low spirits from loss of hope or courage
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sound goats make
bleet
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Bataan Death March
forcible march of 75K Filippino/US POW to Camp O'Donnell in 1942 after the battle of bataan
- 65 miles total
- up to 18K Fillippino and 650 Americans died
- severe physical abuse and wanton killings. anyone who fell or was caught on the ground was shot
- Japanese leaders were executed for this b/c war crimes
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US Army testing range in NM
White Sands Missile Range
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alternative name for okra
lady's fingers
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plant that lives mroe than two yaers
perennial
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plant that lives/dies in one season
annual
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pate a choux
pastry made with butter, water, flower, and eggs
- no raising agent. uses it's high moisture content to create steam. as teh water in teh dough evaporates, the dough puffs
- used in eclairs, cream [puffs, churros, funnel cakes...
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glazed chocolate and creame topping
ganache
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ganache
emulsion between melted chocolate and a water based ingredient like milk or cream
chocolate preparation made of equal parts by weaight cream and chocolate
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panna cotta
Italian dessert of sweetened cream thickened with gelatin and molded. cirular. sugar is dissolve dint ehwarm cream
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coulis
koo-LEE
think sauce made from pureed or strained fruit/veggies.
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winter ski cap/robber
bataclava
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Camp Leatherneck
MC base in Helmad Province Afghanistan
- conjoined w/Camp baston. the main Brit miltiary base ande Camp Shorabak which was the Afgh section
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kleptocracy
governmetn whose corrupt leaders use political power to extract wealth from the people they govern
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rule by the richest
plutocracy
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rule by the few
oligarchy
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cronyism
in-group favoritism where the spoils system practice of awarded advantages/jobs to friends/trusted.
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positions are given b/c earned
meritocracy
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pyrrhic defeat theory
idea that those with the power to change a system benefit from the way it currently works
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cadmean victory
victory involving one's own ruin
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victory involving one's own ruin
Cadmean victory
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concise memorable expression of a general truth or principle
aphorism
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simple traditional saying that expresses a perceived truth based on common sense or experience
proverb
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principle
fundamental trhuth or prpositoin that serves as the foundation for a system of beliefs, behavior, or chain of reasoning
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what is canola oil made from
rapeseed oil
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influence peddling
using one's influence in gov or connections with authorities to obtain favors/preferential treatment in return for a payment
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simony
act of selling church offices and roles or sacred things
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act of selling church offices
simony
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throffer
proposal (intervention) that mixes an offer with a threat which willbe carried out if the offer is not accepted
- combo reward and punishment to induce a desired behavior
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where is Panama City
Flordia
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Bay in the Philippeans
Subic bay
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element
can't be broken down any mroe
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can't be broken down any mroe
element
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what happens at absolute zero
no molecular mvement
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freezing/boiling Kelvin points for water
freezing - 273
boiling -373
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absolute zero scales
Kelvin and Rankine
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tempterature that is symbolized by R
Rankine
- an absolute zero scale
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calculate Rankine
R = F +460
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energy can neither be created nor destroyed
law of the conservation fo energy
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gives you potential energy
potential energy is r/t position
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givesy ou kinetic energy
kinetic energy is r/t motion
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light bending in water
refraction
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makes objects appear closer than normal
refraction
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underwater objects and size
underwater objects appear 30x larger than they really are b/c refraction
- explaisn why grasping objects udner water can be difficult. so divers must rain/learn to compensate for misinterprations of size, distance, shape caused by refraction
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light scatter under water
light scatter uner water puts light into areas that otherwise would be in shadows or have no illumination
- but also reduces contrast so
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order that colors are filtered out under water as depth increases...
ROYBGIV...
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sound traveling underwater
4921ft/sec
but the diver can't always tell the direction. dangerous if they need to locate someithing coming like a boat
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anti-submarine sonar equipment and divers
those pulses dangerous high intensive pressure waves. m must uspend durng ops if high powered sonar transponders
-
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brisance
shattering capability of a high explosive determined mainly by its detonation pressure
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seabeds and effect of underwater explosions
soft seabeds dampens shock/pressure
hard seabeds amplify
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heat
energy of molecular modlecules
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conductoin
direct contactconve
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convection
heaters fluid transfer energyhea
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type of heat transfer that is of concern to divers
conduction
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pressure that makes objects float
buoyancydiscove
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red buoyancy
Archimedes
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Archimedes principle
buoyancy of a submerged body can be established by subtracting weight of hte sumerged body fromt eh displaced liquid
- if the total water displaced > weight of sumergend bdo7y
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what does buoyancy of an object depend on
the density ofthe substance
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lung filling and buoyancy
fill lungs displaces a greater volume of water so more buoyant
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nitrogen n
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acrossi
frm the anesthestic effect of N2 breathed under prssure
- loss of judgemnt and orientation
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1 atm = mmhg
760mm hg
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pressure gradient
indicates teh rate at which gas enters/leaves a solution
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offgassing
giving up nitrogen as prssure decreases when resuffacing
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slanted stage
raked
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verticle plane of space in a theatre
proscenium
proscenium arch on top
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wrote 'The Cherry Orchard"
Checkov in 1904
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plot of "The Cherry Orchard"
aristocratic Russian landowner returns to her family estate just before it is auctioned to pay the mortage. she allows the sale to the son of a former serf and the family leavs tho the sound of the cherry orchard being cut down
- themes: cultural futility (of the aristocary to maitnain its status and bourgoise to find meaning in new foudn materialism.) dramatizes the socioeconomical forces in Russia at the turn of the 20th century including rising of the middle class after serfdom is abolished and decline of the aristocracy power
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main theme of "The Cherry Orchard"
Checkov 1905. the effect societal change has on people
- serfs emancipated and one cuts down the cherry orchard at teh end of the play when he buys the home of the aoistocracy
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voiced Princess Tiana
Anika Noni Rose
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voiced Snow White
Adriana caselotti
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voiced Cinderella
Illene Woods
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voiced Sleeping Beauty
Mary Costa
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voiced Ariel
Jodi benson
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voiced Princess Jasmine
Linda Larkin
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voiced Aladdin
Scott Weinger
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voiced Pocohontas
Irene Bedard
sung by Judy Kuhn
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voiced Mulan
Ming-Na Wen
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voiced Merida
Kelly McDonald
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voiced Rapunzel
Mandy Moore
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voiced Moana
Auli'i Cravalho
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voiced Raya and the Last Dragon
Kelly Marien Tran
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work by Hal Prince
director/producer
West Side story, cabaret, sweeny todd, phantom, fiddler, company-
21 Tony Awards (8directing, 8 producing best musical, 3 special awards)
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Pacific Overtures
music/lyrics by Stephen Songheim
- one of hte least performed SS musicals
- 19th c. Japanese westernization starting in 1853 when American ships forced it open. told from POV of Japnese and two friends caught up in it
- not performed often b/c needs lots of Asian men. most female roles are played by men, like in Kabuki theatre
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lovers in the Trojan War
Paris and Helen
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Italian renaissance theatre
commedia del arte
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where is the Sonora Desert
Mexico/SW US
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desert in Mexico/SW US
Sonora Desert
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micellar water
gentle skin care product that helps remove impurities
- made mostly of water so high profite margin for sellers
- contains very mild dilute surfactant in solutoin
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how to get lepto
urine of animals
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disease that passes in urine of animals
lepto
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malaria that can have s/s onset of up to 6 months later
1/3 of vivax has onset of over 6 months later
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cause of Rocky Mt Spotted Fever
rickettsia
dog tick in east
wood tick in west
*petechia to palms and soles
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serious complication of dengue
dengue shock syndrome
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flying eye hosptial
Orbis
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#1 infectious cause of blindness worldwide
trachoma caused by chlamydia
1.4% of all blindeneses
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post malaria complication in 50% of survivors
eye issues
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causes Zika
aedes aegepti mospqitos
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CVIO
covid vaccine induced ocular events
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common complications of chlamydia
ectopic, PID, infertility
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cause of gonorrhea
neisseria gon
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first line treatment for chlamydia
doxy for 7 days
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dx chlamydia
NAAT
first void urine not clean catch
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treatment for gonorrhea
ceftriaxone
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trichomonias
yellow-green discharger
dx wet mount
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examples of genital ulcer disease
syphillis
HSV
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cause of syphillis
spirochetter treponeum pallidum
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neurosyphillis
can occur at any stage
- spectrum but more common if also have HIV
early manifestation is aseptic maningitis so need an LP if neurosyphillis to check CSF
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treat syphillis
PCN x1 if in early stages
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treatment for HISV
acyclovir or valcyclovir
first time = take 7-10 days
flare = 5 days
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initial s/s of syphillis
painless ulcer chancre
neurosyphillis at any stage
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claim to fame of Zika virus
first arbovirus to be spread sexually
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treatmetn of bacterial meningitis
ceftriaxone, vanc, ampicillin
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frog killing infectious disease
gets into their skin, disrupts their water barruier so they dry up
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bats with white noses
white nose syndrome
fungus that causes them to die
fluffy fungus on face
- bats in europe have become immune b/c they get it so often. but bats in US die. prob b/c splunkers boots carry it when they come from Europe to SU
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rx for fungus
nystatin
amphoteracin
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aka ringworm
tinea corpis
- scaly itchy plaques
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aka fungal infections
mycoses
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aka jock itch
tinea cruris
- spores avoid the scrotum b/c there isn't much keratin there
"who wants to dien at a place where there isn't food?"
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causes artistic patterns on the skin
tinea lmricata?
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aka athlete's foot
tinea pedis
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jungle boot
eyelet ports for drainage and ventilation
nylon for breathing and dry quickly
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common in neglected tropical diseases
most NTD have a skin phase at some point
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where do you give MMR vaccine
SQ
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where do you give the rabies vaccien
dermis
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aka hookworm
necator
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treat tinea (athletes foot, jock itch, ringworm
diflucan/flucanozole
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study of STDs
venerology
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bar used for nutrition in developing country GHE
plumpynut
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how does political instability affect public health
populations on the move and instability
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aka niacin deficiency
pellagra
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pellagra
niacin deficiency
- classic triad: diarrhea, demential, dermatitis
"casal's necklace"
-
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Casal's Necklace
niacin deficiency
classic triad: diarrhea, dementia, dermatitis
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important to ensure during civil war GHE interventiosn
civil war relief neds relief rations that include micronutrients
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why do women get pellagra more than men
pellagra = niacin deficiency
b/c les access to food, work outdoors, men leave camp more
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Lionfish
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best way to remove botfly larvae
apply petroleum jelly over the site to suffocate them. then remove with tweezers safely after a day
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aka woolsorter's disease
anthrax
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Carafe. no stopper like a decantor. often used to serve water
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Decantor
- has a stopper
- a carafe is this but not stopper
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year of Katrina
2005
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Kawasaki disease
inflammation/swelling of blood fessels.
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strait of Malacca
S. China sea to indian Ocean
- flows right by Kuala Lumpur and signapore
- one of the most strategic sea lines of communciation connecting S. China Sea to Indian Ocean
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connects S. China Sea to the Indian Ocean
Strait of Malacca
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seas on either side of India
W. Arabian
E Bay of Bengal
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world population
China + India
40%
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Tuvalu
smallest nation. pop 12K
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percent of Bhutan's population that lives in rural ares
90%
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language spoken in Pakistan
Urdu or Hindi
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language spoken in Indonesia
Dutch
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official language of the Philippeans
English
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language spoken in S. India and N. Sri Lanka
Tamil
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Tamil
language spoken in S. India and N. Sri Lanka
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official language of ASEAN
English
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largest population of Muslims in the world
Indonesia
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religions that originated in India
Buddhism
Hindi
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what is Confucisasm
more of a secular ethics system than a religion
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countries with a monarchy
Thialand
Jap
Malaysisa
Bruendia
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countries that are still Communist
China, Vietnam, NK, Laos
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leader of Myanmar
Burma
ruled by military junta
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military officers who rule a country after seizing power
junta
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interdependence
idea that everything in nature is connected to and depends on every other thing
- balance of self and others within a relationship where both partners are present and meed each other's needs in an appropriate and meaningful way
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straits in Asia
malacca, sundra, lombok, makassa, soya, osumi, tsushima makassar
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border between Afgh and Pakistan
was a safe haven for al Q since the fall of the Taliban in 2001
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bombing/kidnapping group in S. Philippeans
Abu SayyafJe
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Jemaah Islamiya
linked to al!, numerous bombings in INdonesia, safe haven in S. Philippean islands
- thousands of Philippean islans so easy to hide there
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relations between India and Pakistan
India and Pakistan both have nukes>
disputes over the Kashmir region
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armistice in Korea
1953
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two largest islands in Philippeans
Luzon
Mindanao
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talks aimed to find peaceful resoultion to security concerns as a result of NK nuclear weapons program
Six Party Talks
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Fascism
s a far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement,[1][2][3] characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy.[2][3]
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fears about the UN
it is becoming an echo of non-democratic staes and global orgs will rpresent the interests of the rich/power (IMF, Wolrd Bank Group of 7)
- orgs will serve the interts of the privilaged while excluding the voices of hte nonprivilaged from dialogue regarind gworld ordr
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RAAF
Royal Australian Air Force
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pylon
monumental gate of an egyptian temple
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aka gate
pylon
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female character in film/tv/books that can do no wrong
Mary Sue
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bearded lady actress in The Greatest Showman
Keale Settle
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neuroticism
associated with negative motions like anxiety, worry, fera, anger, frustration, angry, jealous, envy, guilt, depresison, lonliness
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Big 4 Personality traits
OCEAN model
-five unique characteristics to study personality
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tenacious goal persuit
behaviuor patter in which individuals remain committed to goals taht are difficult and possible impossible to achieve
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flexible goal adjustmetn
behaivoral pattern in which individauls adjust their goals. in order to enhance the liklihood of success
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CD
certificate of deposity
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movement in the 60-70s
sexual revolutoin
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when did the US start allowing civil unions?
1st in VT in 2000
- only difference between civil union and marriage is the sex of the individual. otherwise same rights/obligations as married
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end a civil union via court proceedings
disoslutoin
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Constitution w/regards to marriage in other states
states must recognize marriages by another state
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Defense of Marriage act
by Cliton in 1998
limited definition of marriage to one male/female
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year the first baby boomer became 65
2011
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study of aging
gerontology
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80 years old
octogenarian
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100 years old
centenarian
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Hayflick limit
The Hayflick limit, or Hayflick phenomenon, is the number of times a normal somatic, differentiated human cell population will divide before cell division stops.[1][2] However, this limit does not apply to stem cells.[citat
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synaptic plasticity
redundancy in the nervous system that ensures that it is nearly always possible for a nerve impulse to move from one neuron to another
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gradual deterioratoin in body systems r/t age
senescence
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free radicals
modules/atoms that possess an unpaired electron
problem b/c irreparable cellular damage
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feeling full post meals
satiety
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what happens in ALzheimer's
brain plaque
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what happens in dementia
memory/thinking problems - emotiona, thining, social, physical functiong
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wisdom
accumulated knowledge and applyign it to practical problems of living
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purpose of graduate educatoin
meant to push/challenge the student to question the very foundation of their beliefs
- designed not just to give facts/figures but to present alternative ideas that are outside of status/norm
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aka silly/stupid
inane
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inane
silly/stupid
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far more than usual
inordiante
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promoting peopel who earned it
meritocracy
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Chatham House Rule
non-attribuation rule
attendee of a meeting may discuss the content of this meeting with the outside world but may not discuss who attended nor identify what a specific individual said
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value of one's perspective/opinion is based on...
strength, coherence, and validity of the argumetn
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attache
In diplomacy, an attaché (French pronunciation: [ataʃe]) is a person who is assigned ("to be attached") to the diplomatic or administrative staff of a higher placed person or another service or ag
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religious diplomat
nuncio
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envoy
diplomatic head of a mission ranked below ambssador
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types of diplomats
ambassador
high commissioner
nuncio
head of missoin
chief of mission
change d'affairs
counsul
attache
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ethernet
wired computer networkds commonly used for LAN local area network and WAN wide area network
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electrical cable with an inner conductor shieled by an outside shield
coaxial cable
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operation that responded to Haiti earthquake in 2010
Operatoin Unified Respone
315
Hospital ship missions
pacific partnership
continuing promise
316
Pashto
Iranian., pakistan, afghanistan
- in persian literature it = Afghani
317
2 official languages of Afghanistan
Dari and Pashto
318
Dari
Afghani gov's official term fo teh perian language
Persian language spoken in Afghanistan
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official language of teh Afghan gov
Dari
320
Farsi
Iran/Persian language
iran, afgh, tajikistan
321
Urdu
mother tongue of Pakistan
322
official language of Pakistan
english and Urdu
323
4 middle east lanauges
Dari = Afgh Gov
Farsi = iran/persian
Urdu= mother tongue of Pakistan
Pashto = Iran and Afghani
324
what does encryption do
scrambel data
325
hard drive
primary storage system for most computers
326
SSD
solid state drive
uses flash memory technology to store data
327
carbon nanotubes
hollow tubes one carbon atom thick in diameter. 10K smaller than hair
- conducts electricity better than copper, conducts heat better than diamonds, transmits electrical impulses faster than silicon
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1nanometer (nm(
one billionth of a meter
329
spyware
spying software
any software with malicious behavior that aims to gather infomration about a person or org and sent it to an otehr person in away that the person's pricacy and security is at risk
330
malware
malicious software
any softwaer intentionally designed to cause diruptoin to a computer/server/client/computer network, gain unauthorized access, deprive access to information
331
types of malware
virus
worm
Trojan horse
ransomware
spyware
wiper
332
ISTR
internet security threat report
333
difference between a computer virus and worm
VIRUS: malware that, when executed, replicates itself by modifying other computer programs and inserting its own code into those programs. requires a host program
WORM: does not need a host. replicates itself to spread to other computers
334
Trojan Horse
malware that misleads the user of its true intent by disguising itself as a standard program
social engineering like email attachmetn
335
"Nobel Prize of Computing"
Turing Award
336
founder of theoretical computer science and AI
ALan Turing
337
Alan Turing
Brit mathmatician
founder of theoretical computer science and AI
key contributor to deciphering ENigma
338
algorithm for performing an encryption or decryption
cipher
339
cipher device used by Nazi in WWII that was considered secure
Enigma. Alan Turing Brit mathematician helped to deicpher
340
cypers per sec
frequency
341
MSConfig
system utility to troubleshoot Microsoft Windso statup process
- can disable/re-enamble sofware, windows services
342
DriveSavers
professional data recovery firm.
343
SSD
solid state drivers
hard drive using flash memory technology
less ower, head, oice, faster, portable
344
how are CD and DVDs read
using lasser beams
345
upgrade from DVD
Blue ray. stors more data than conventional DVD so high def
346
DVD
digital versatile disk
347
cloud storage
remote storage outside your personal comuuter. accessed via internet
stores documents "in the cloud"
348
smart card
id with a chip that stores data
349
year of the first jet engine flight
1939 - Germany
350
principle of jet propulsion
Newton's 3rd law in 1687
351
produces power in jet engines
burning fuel in a combustion chamber
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temperatuer of combustion in a jet engine
3600-4000F
353
thrust
forward driving force
354
Boeing 747 engine production of thrust
51600 lbs
355
how does a jet engine work
1. air enters the engine, compresses, and mixes w/fuel
2. combustion gases push in all direction but can only escape from the rear
3. action of gases as they leave out back creates a reaction that pushes
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what happens in jet propulsion
= productoi of motion in one direction by release of high pressure gas stream in the opposite directin
- powers rockets, guided missiles, airplanes
- fater speed than propeller driven
- flight possible at high altitudes
- less vibration so safer/more comfortable than piston drivern propeller but uses more fuel
357
preferable: propeller or jet propulsion
less vibration so jet propulsion is safer and more comfortable in piston driven than propeller
358
event celebrated by Easter
Resurrection
359
role of Mary Magdalen
went to Christ's tomb
found stone moved and tomb empty
360
met Jesus on the road
Mary Magdalan, Simon peter, 2 disciples
361
when did Jesus official leave for heaven
Acts of Apostles say Jesus was on Earth for 40 days then rose to heaven "Ascetion"
362
Ascension
Jesus heads to heaven after 40 days on earth
363
result of the Resurrection
convinced people Jesus was miessiah
364
spread Christianity to East Mediterrean
Paul
365
Good Friday
observes crucification of Jesus and his death at Calvary
366
where was Jesus arrested
Garden of Gethsemane
367
Garden of Gethsemane
where Jesus was arrested
368
holy day to observe the crucifixation of Jesus and his death at Calvary
Good Friday
369
Mount of Olives
- mountain range in east jerusalem
- site where Jesus ascended to heaven
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site where Jesus ascended into heaven
MOunt of Olives
371
wrapped dead Jesus
Shroud of Turin
- faint image/back of a man
372
difference between saint paul and peter
Peter: disciple of jesus
Paul: zealous jew who persecuted christian until he became the Church's first great missionary
Peter- chosen by christ to lead the church
Paul - christian's first great missinary
peter - taught the kingdom gospel
paul - gospel of the grace of god
peter's gospel was limited to the circumscision (israel)
paul preache dto gentiles
peter- loyal to jesus from beginning
paul - dramatic conversion on teh road to damascus
* both helped establish the christian chruch
373
Wandering Jew
jew who taunted Jesus when he was en route to his crucificatoin
- he was cursed to walk the earth until the Second coming
374
considered the single most important electrical guitarist of the last half of the 20th century
BB King
375
BB King
blues guitar
- fluid string bending, virbatio, staccato picking
- "single most important electric guitarist of the last half of the 20th c"
376
Romantic-era painting
- Delacroix
- painting marks the transition from the end of the Age of Enlightenment to the start of hte Romantic era
377
water lillies painting
monet
378
white guy in The Godfather
Robert Duvall
379
movie Liam Neilson starred in
taken
380
where is the Swiss international bank located
Zurich
381
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Betty smith
young girl coming of ate at the start of the 29th centruy
382
starred in Amadeus when it opened on broadway
Tim Curry
Ian McKellean
383
"martini shaken not stirred" origin
Dr No
384
aka spanish rummy
canasta
385
japanese sandle
zori
386
who helped Dvojak find a publisher for hisk work
Brahams
387
wrote a series of Slavic Dances
Antonin Dvorak
388
how is Antonin Dvorak remembered
Slavonic Dances
From a New World
389
poka
Czech dance with numerous variosu across slavic and nonslavic countries
390
Mazurka
traditional polish folk dances
391
examples of slavic folk dancess
polka - czech
mazurka - polish
squat- ukranian
392
what inspired "From a New World"
Antonin Dvorak was inspired by the song of hiawatha
393
what orchestral piece did The Song of Hiawatha inspire
Antonin Dvorak - From a New World
394
national artist of Prague
Antonon Dvorak - wrote "Slavic Dances" and "From a New World"
395
things the US Senate cannot do
ex post facto
pass bills of attaindier
suspend writ of habeas corpus
396
bill of attainder
legislative act that...
- declares a person or group of people guilty of a crime
- provides for a punishment (often without trial)
- allows for the government to punish a party w/o going through the trial process
397
writ of habeas corpus
court order that...
- brings a defendant who is in jail or government custody in front of a judge and requires the government to prove the validity of the detention
- demands that a public official deliver an imprisoner person to the court and show good cause for their detention
- allows a prisioner to legally challenge their confinement
CANNOT BE SUSPENDED BY SENATE unless in time of national emergency
398
5 powers of the President
- conduct foreign policy
- commander in chief
- appoint federal judges/officials
- veto bills
- grant clemency
399
role of Vice President
preside over Senate and be the deciding vote
400
when was Al Gore VP
1993-2001
401
when was Dick Cheney VP
2001-2009
402
Vice Presidents who became President
adams, jefferson, nixon, bush sr, biden
403
Brown versus Board of Education
1954. ends segregation
404
The Watchtower publication
Jehovah's Witnesses
405
publication by the Jehovah's Witnesses
The Watchtower
406
definition of federalism
power between federal government and state
407
what does the Constitution ensure for ordinary citizens
Constitution ensures that ordinary citizens have ability to change their govment
408
separation of powers (in government)
no one branch can overwhelm the other two
409
% of Senate that is up for election each cycle
1/3
410
changes seats in House of Representatives
reapportionment - 435
411
states with one representative in the House of Representatives
six states have 1 representative:
Montana, Alaska, Vermont, Wyomming, Deleware, North AND South Dakota
412
aka necessary and proper
Elastic clause. enumerate dpowers
- congress may make laws that are necessary and proper to carry out their powers in the constitution
413
2 important Congress powers
make laws
power of the purse: tax and raise money
414
role of Senate
confirm Presidential appointments and ratify treatiesq
415
impeached presidents
Johnson in 1867- acquitted by 1 vote
Clinton in 1998
Trump
416
Mark Milley
Army general Joint Chief of Staff 2019-2023
417
Sam Spade
hard boiled private detective
protagonist of The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell hammet
418
animal active in twilight
crepuscular
419
inflammation of the salivary gland
sialadenitis
420
hx of Public Service Announcements
1940s. during WWII radio broadcasters/advertising agencies formed War Advertising Councils which allocated airtime to remind people about war efforts
421
in PSA, the S stands for
service
422
goal of superimposing
one over the other...typically so both are evident
423
quagmire
area of soft wet grand that you'll sink into if you try to walk on it
- a difficult and dangerous situation
424
galvanize
to shock/excite someone into taking action,
coat iron or steel with a protective alyer of zinc
425
importance of press coverage
press coverage is galvanizing and focuses public opions on the war
426
type of warfare in the Vietnam War
guriella
427
aka Grenada evacuation
Operation Urgent Fury
428
aka the operation in Panama w/Noriega
Operation Just Cause
429
Operation Just Cause
Panama w/Noriega
430
Operation Urgent Fury
Grenada
431
strategic significance of teh battle of Lake Champlain
War of 1812
- American victory turned back invading army from Canada
432
supported US w/Naval help during American Revolution
French, Spain, Netherlands
433
4 USN conflicts from 1778 to 1815
Quasi war with France
Tripoli
War of 1812
War iw/ Algiers
434
years of the American Revolution
1775-1783
435
how did the Navy contribute to the American Revolution
seized enemy supplies (privateers)
ecarried diplomats and correspondences to Europe
436
sealed victory at Yorktown
French fleet held off british squadron so Cornwallis couldnt' retrat by sea
- surrender that ended British attemp to hold North America
437
aka Custard's Last Stand
battle of Little Bighorn
Montana
1876
438
most decisive Indian victory agaisnt the US
Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876
439
Midwest Indian tribes
Sioux, Cheyenne, Plain, Arapho
440
location of Comache
southern plains. HQ in Oklahoma
441
Apache
SW, southern plains, and northern Mexico
lignistically related to the Navajo
442
indian tribes:
Sioux, Cheyenne, Plain, Arapho, Apacue, Navajo
443
military role of Teddy Roosevelt
junior assistant to SecNav
444
military operation Teddy Roosevelt led
led calvary up San Juan hill
445
what did the US get post Spanish American war
philippenss
446
how did the US get involved w/the Philippeans
won it during the Spanish American war
447
group who did not want the US to take the Philippeans after the Spanish-American War
American Anti-Imperalist League
- 1898
- included Andrew Carnegie and Mark Twain
448
benefit of controlling the Panama canal
gave us global reach
449
year we went after Pacho Villa
1916
450
definition of imperialism
policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
- practice of maintaining or extending power over foreign nations through expansionism (using both hard and soft powers) and extension or imposition of power, authority, or influence over foreign coutnries
451
role of Pershing
led teh Expeditioanry Force in WWI
452
how did WWI and WWII end
WWI - armistice
WWII- surrender
453
what does the US do when we end wars
demobilization
- how you know it is over
- we don't believe in nor want to fund large standing forces in peacetime
- BUT WWII was different b/c Soviet/Warsaw Pact/Cold war so we needed a large standing army
454
why was the way we ended WWII different
we didn't massively demobilize BC Soviet, warsaw pact, cold war
- so we needed a larger force on standby
455
fate of Douglas MacArthur
disagreement with Truman
- one of the few times when public confrontation of civilian control afterm ilitary (also generals versus Lincoln"
456
haberdasher
in Britian, business/person who sells small articles for sweging like buttons, ribbons, zippers
- in the US, this is a men's clothing store that sells dress clothes
457
political efficiency
belief that one's actions can make a difference and goverment intend to the people
458
American exceptionalism
idea that US is different and the rules of otehr countries don't apply
459
Constitution
outlines how legit power will be used in the US
460
how long was Europe in the US before Independence
250yrs ish
461
www.stateline.org
gives utd information about key policies int eh US
462
yr of the Sugar Act
1764
463
yr of the Stamp Act
1765
464
yr of Boston Massacre
1770
465
yr of the Boston Tea Party
1773
466
yr of the Articles of Confederation
1781
467
yr of the Treaty of Paris
1783
- NOTE: Articles of Confederation (1781) predated Treaty of Paris(1783)
468
1st Continential Congress
Boycott British goods
469
Sugar and Stamp Tax
1760s: w/o representation b/c the colonists weren't allowed to decide how to spend the money
470
events that happened in the US in 1786
Shay's Rebellion
Annapolis Convention to Fix Articles of Confederation
471
convention held to fix the Articles of Confederation
Annapolis Convention - 1786
472
yr of the Constitution and its ratification
2yr interval
1787
ratified in 1789
473
2nd Continential Congress
1776
organize fight for independence
474
meeting where the American colonists organized their fight for independence
2nd Constitutional COngress in 1776
475
problems with the Articles of Confederation
single legislative body where each state = 1 vote
all decisions must be unamious
no judicial or executive (president)
couldn't collect taxes, contribute troops, or compel cooeration
so each state had a significant degree of soverignty and autonomy
476
ancient Roman who was a farmer, recalled to military, then returned to the field
Cincinnatus
477
2 successes of Articles of Confederation
negotiated Treaty of Paris to end Revolution
- passed New Ordnance (87) to create a system for admitting new states
478
Shay's REbellion
1786
about vets wanting back pay. REvolution put down put Congress couldnt' help b/c no army
- this helped to convince all that the Articles of Confederation was too weak
479
facts about the Constitutional Convention
1781
At Philly
11 of 13 states sent delegates
Washington was there and lent credibility/ support
president was Washington
weathier and better educated than the averagwe
480
president of the COnstitutioanl Convention
Washington
481
boycotted: Patrick Henry and Sam Adams
Ambassador to France: Jefferson
482
3 main issues the Constitution Framers disagreed about at the Constitutional Convention
- Representation at the National Level - Great Compromise (combo NJ and Virginia plans)
- slavery - 3/5 compromise
- prez election - electoral college
483
2 house Congress
bicemeral
484
supremacy clasue
Constitutional and Congressional laws carry more weight than state and local laws
485
Constitution and Congressional laws carry more weight than state and local laws
supremacy clause
486
importance of the 3/5 Compromise
necessary to help states from leaving Constitutional Convention
- collapse of US but did legitimize slavery in the US
487
how many articles in the constitution
7
488
constitutional democracy
outlines how legit power in teh US and limits on those pwoers
489
Electoral Colelge
special body of electors in each state vote for president to on total # of Congress seats
490
ameliorate
improve or make a bad situation better
- often confused with alleviate which means to make something easier to bear
491
effect of hyperventilation on blood gases
lowers PaCo2 and increases arterial pH. not good b/c both injuuries
492
problem of PPV
decrease CO so decreases bp and tissue hypoxia
493
when is venous return during PPV the greatest
during exhalation
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