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- 341: Nicolet Minerals Company and Wisconsin
- ... Minerals Company plans to extract fifty-five million tons of rock to retrieve two million tons of zinc-copper ore over the next twenty-eight years. The by-product of copper sulfide mining is sulfuric acid. Sulfuric acid is the largest negative environmental impact made by any type of mining. This mine would generate nearly forty-four million tons of waste. Half of the waste would be used to fill the empty mine ... state representatives feel strongly against the mining. Here is what State Representative Tammy Baldwin said about the proposed bill. Mining for metals such as zinc or copper produces a byproduct of sulfide mining waste (sulfuric acid). These waste products enter into our lakes and rivers, polluting our drinking water supply and damaging our environment. The Department of Natural Resources recently issued a report after examining many mines operating in sulfide ...
- 342: The Lottery
- ... In today’s society we often have an all too-casual attitude toward misfortune; Jackson shows us this aspect of human nature through the town’s casual attitude toward the lottery. The men talk of \\"rain, tractors and taxes\\" and the women gossip—all the time knowing they are about to kill someone or be perhaps even be killed themselves (Jackson 863). The thing that is most important to them is ... satirizes barbaric traditions in a supposedly civilized village. As the story begins, the villagers appear to be fairly civilized and carry on fairly modern lifestyles. This is assumed by the men\\'s discussion of planting, rain, tractors, and taxes. The lottery was outdated to such a degree that some may think that the tradition is primal competition of anthropoid beasts. On the other hand, some think that carrying on the tradition ... together and breaking into \\"boisterous play\\"(196). Also, the children are described as gathering rocks, which is an action of many normal children. She described the men as gathering together and talking about \\"planting and rain, tractors and taxes\\"(196). Finally, she describes the women of this community as \\"exchanging bits of gossip\\"(196) which is a common stereotype of women. She creates a mood for the reader of the ...
- 343: The Storm
- ... constraints that control Calixta. Chopin presents many details of Calixta s affirmation of her sexuality and passion. As the storm s intensity increases, it becomes necessary to put something underneath the door to keep the rain out. My! what a rain! It s good two years sence it rained it rain like that, exclaimed Calixta as she rolled up a piece of bagging and Alcee helped her to thrust it beneath the crack. The sexual connotation of thrusting it beneath the crack is evident, but ...
- 344: Cdr
- ... years out of the last 130 have all occurred in the eighties and nineties (Brown, 15). These figures demonstrate that humanity is not effectively controlling and limiting its use of fossil fuels. As a result, acid rain falls upon the earth destroying what is left of the planet's forests and, an estimated 37 percent of the fish species that inhabit thelakes and streams of North America are either in jeopardy or ...
- 345: Changing World
- ... years out of the last 130 have all occurred in the eighties and nineties (Brown, 15). These figures demonstrate that humanity is not effectively controlling and limiting its use of fossil fuels. As a result, acid rain falls upon the earth destroying what is left of the planet's forests and, an estimated 37 percent of the fish species that inhabit thelakes and streams of North America are either in jeopardy or ...
- 346: Arthritis, The Hidden Dissability
- ... than, and are far more common than most people believe. Estimates indicate that nearly 200,000 Canadians suffer with one or the other. Gout is the result of the body’s over-production of uric acid. It sometimes also occurs because the kidneys cannot process the uric acid and pass it out in the urine in sufficient quantities. When this happens, the uric acid is deposited in a crystal form in the big toe. 80 to 90 percent of people with gout are men, and the most common age for a first attack is between the ages of ...
- 347: Blood Doping
- ... can not get enough oxygen to the muscle in order for them to perform their optimal potential. This lack of ability to get oxygen to the muscle is called oxygen debt and results in lactic acid being formed. Lactic acid is a waste product of anaerobic cellular respiration within the muscle tissue, which can cause muscle sourness that, usually, is felt after a hard or long workout. Fatigue usually sets in with the onset of lactic acid production. Oxygen is carried to the muscle by two delivery systems. Three percent of oxygen is carried in plasma and ninety-seven percent is in hemoglobin, the principal protein in erythrocytes (red blood cells). ...
- 348: Financial Report of Loewen Group Inc.
- ... means that their current liabilities increased at a faster rate than their current assets in 1995. This is cause for concern because ideally this ratio should be at $ 2 of assets to $ 1 of liabilities. Acid test ratio [39454+115953]/241275 = 0.644 [15349+70547]/97665 = 0.880 Interest coverage ratio [72949- 47178]/50913 = 0.506 [24029+19738]/34203 = 1.280 Both the acid test ratio and the interest coverage ratio both fell from last year. The acid test ratio decrease was caused by larger increase in liabilities than assets. The interest coverage ratio decreased below to 0.506 which is below the ideal target of 1. The company is not generating ...
- 349: Lord Of The Flies - Character
- ... dies in war. As Simon, returns to the other boys to inform them of his encounter with the parachutist (the beast), he is mistaken for the beast and is brutally attacked. The effects of lighting, rain as well as wind aroused the sensation of rage and excitement in the boys in their slaughter. “The beast struggled forward, broke the ring and fell over the steep edge of rock to the sand by the water...The clouds opened and let down the rain like a waterfall. The water bounded from the mountain-top, tore leaves and branches from the tress, poured like a cold shower over the struggling head on the sand...A great wind blew the rain sideways, cascading the water from the forest trees.” (p.153) The atmosphere created, portrayed a mysterious and depressing feeling as the boys continued to slaughter “the beast” in their rage and excitement. Simon eventually ...
- 350: Chemistry
- ... Earth's crust, a thick,blanket of gas enveloping the Earth, providing gases necessary for the support of plants and animals. I am the colorless air that is breathed in constantly. I am the plunging rain tah pours when the sun is shining, the white, damp snow that drifts in children's dreams, and the darting hail that prevents little boys and girls to attend school. I am the vivid part of life. I shield protection for those below me from the sun's intense heat. I am fed and drunk by those who go through hunger. As acid contained in the human body, I digest food and clean out wastes. I am a desperate hope for a cure, yet poison, slowly spreading in the air and along the land. I am the colorful ...
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