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- 431: The Story Of An Hour The Story
- ... married. The window is open and the outside world envelops the room. It is springtime and there is new life hurrying all around, a time of rebirth, and a time to start again. There is rain falling, washing stuff away, cleaning things. She was also facing west with clouds everywhere, but there was blue sky breaking through the darkened horizon. All of the color, the sounds, and the scents of the setting are clear hints to the reader that things should change. The springtime suggests a new era, a time when things could be totally different then they were before. The rain usually washes away dirt and other things that disenchant the world. She is facing a western sky covered with overcast. In those days the west symbolized change and a new chance to find your fortune ...
- 432: Aspirin A Brief History
- ... Germany made a discovery which, today, continues to ease our aches and pains, reduce our fevers, fight inflammation and save lives. On August 10, 1897, this chemist, Felix Hoffmann, discovered a stable form of acetylsalicylic acid, the active ingredient in aspirin. Hoffmann had been seeking a pain-relieving medication for his father's debilitating rheumatism. Not only did the drug ease his father's pain and inflammation, but when it was ... applications for its wonder drug, possibly helping to prevent everything from heart attacks to certain types of cancer and even Alzheimer's disease. Aspirin: from willow tree to Nobel Prize Aspirin's active ingredient, acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), is the commercially synthesized form of a naturally occurring compound whose uses can be traced back 2,000 years. The compound, called salicin, is found in the white willow tree. Around 200 B.C ...
- 433: The Making Of The Cat
- ... by the sea, forming a primordial soup not of basic simple mole- cules, but of the far more complex and already evolved RNA macromole- cules and possibly even viruses. Viruses are fundamentally RNA and amino-acid conglomerates with many life-like properties. Although it is open to debate as to whether or not they are themselves alive, viruses are definitely right on the edge: simpler things are clearly not alive, while ... a cat contains within itself the code for the complete cat. A chromosome is itself composed primarily of a thin protein membrane enclosing a bit of water and a single molecule of DNA (deoxyribonu- cleic acid). The DNA molecule is composed of two long strands wound around each other in a double helix (like two intertwined springs), with each component of a strand connected to the opposite strand by a crossbar ...
- 434: Thailand: My Perspective
- ... welcome sincere guests. Instruction and accommodation are free of charge, though donations are expected and well appreciated. Centers provide instruction in English in Bangkok and Phuket amongst others. If you’re a person who cherishes rain forests, and then you’ll appreciate the Monsoon forest that covers one quarter of Thailand. I found the country to have an incredible array of fruit trees, bamboo, and tropical hardwoods. There are more than ... it a good base for exploring. Don’t ignore the island’s interior, which has rice paddies, plantations of rubber and cashew nut, cacao pineapple and coconut, as well as Phuket’s last slice of rain forest. As you can see Thailand has much to offer to those interested in entertainment as well as exotic culture, food and religion. Most of those attributes remain today as they did years ago, and ...
- 435: Thailand: My Perspective
- ... welcome sincere guests. Instruction and accommodation are free of charge, though donations are expected and well appreciated. Centers provide instruction in English in Bangkok and Phuket amongst others. If you're a person who cherishes rain forests, and then you'll appreciate the Monsoon forest that covers one quarter of Thailand. I found the country to have an incredible array of fruit trees, bamboo, and tropical hardwoods. There are more than ... it a good base for exploring. Don't ignore the island's interior, which has rice paddies, plantations of rubber and cashew nut, cacao pineapple and coconut, as well as Phuket's last slice of rain forest. As you can see Thailand has much to offer to those interested in entertainment as well as exotic culture, food and religion. Most of those attributes remain today as they did years ago, and ...
- 436: Summary of The Canterbury Tales
- ... liberal arts, but all his delight was turned to astrology. He knew how to work out certain problems; for instance, if men asked him at certain celestial hours when there should be a drought or rain he could answer them correctly. This clerk was named Nicholas. He had a chamber to himself in that lodging-house, without any company, and he was very sweet. The Carpenter had a newly wedded wife ... of what he was fixing to say to anyone ever. The carpenter agreed. "Have you heard of Noah's and his sons?" asked Nicholas. The carpenter said yes. Nicholas told him it was going to rain so much that it was going to wash away everything including people. The carpenter was upset when he heard that even his fair wife Allison was to be killed also. Then Nicholas told him to ...
- 437: Chemistry Investigation
- ... enable them to maintain a constant acidity. This acidity level, or pH, is about 7 in most organisms. Some bacteria function under moderately acidic or basic conditions; and the digestive enzyme pepsin acts in the acid milieu of the stomach. There is no known organism that can survive in either a very acidic or a very basic environment. Most chemical reaction happen faster when the temperature is high. At higher temperatures ... enable them to maintain a constant acidity. This acidity level, or pH, is about 7 in most organisms. Some bacteria function under moderately acidic or basic conditions; and the digestive enzyme pepsin acts in the acid milieu of the stomach. There is no known organism that can survive in either a very acidic or a very basic environment. Most chemical reaction happen faster when the temperature is high. At higher temperatures ...
- 438: Desertification
- ... of people and their livestock without permanent damage. The land often recovers when the animals move on but when there are too many sheep, goats, and cattle everything is eaten (including twigs and bark). When rain finally does fall it is too late; trees, shrubs, and grass are all dead. Parts of North and Central America, and most of Australia is at the risk of desertification due to inadequate stock raising ... one crop is produced on the same land). By improving irrigation (previously mentioned) the good land can also be put to better use. Marginal lands should produce crops which can prosper without long periods of rain. These crops include, "millet, sorghum, amaranth, certain beans, and fast maturing maize". Almost half of Asia is at high risk and one-third is at moderate risk of desertification (see map). If the proper steps ...
- 439: Great Britain
- ... cool summers and mild winters. The weather changes from day to day. The climate is temperate – the country does not have long periods when it is hot or cold. Western parts of Britain receive more rain and snow during the year than south and east. This is because southwesterly winds bring water from the Atlantic Ocean to the west, which falls as rain where it meets the mountains on land. There are large amounts of water in this area and a shortage in the south and the east. Britain’s climate is getting warmer. Average temperatures have risen ...
- 440: The Battle of the Spanish Armada
- ... He was right, in a sense, because it was low tide and it would take another 8 hours to take the fleet out of the harbor. When he did set sail with 54 ships, the rain made it almost impossible to determine the position of any other ship, either ally or enemy. (Lewis 101) Despite these conditions, the Armada sailed on, followed by the English fleet. Two Spanish ships had been ... sank that day, a dozen more were badly damaged. Six hundred Spaniards were killed and at least 800 wounded. The decks ran with their blood. (Marx 150-152) Toward evening, after nine grueling hours, heavy rain and wind ended the battle. But worse was to come. Amid the wreckage and blood and the screams of wounded men, the winds blew the helpless Spanish ships toward the treacherous sandbanks. When dawn came ...
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