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- 551: Animal Rights Protests
- ... activists were subdued as they slowly trudged in a circle. The inclement weather seemed to dampen their spirits a bit, as for most of the three hour protest it alternated between drizzle and half-hearted rain showers. The few passersby seemed intent on getting through the rain, and quickly walked past while giving the protesters wide berth. In periods when the precipitation was less intense, the majority of people passed by with expressions of studied indifference or disgust and seemed to have ...
- 552: Death Penalty
- ... is what happened to the victim according to A. Huftaker, E. E. Hammer, and Major D. A. Turner of the Army Medical Reserve Corps., The man went unconscious after his first breath of the vaporized acid (liquid hydrocyanic acid). Since the man was unconscious he did not feel any pain and died almost instantly. There for the death penalty was for that time a humane way of killing someone. Electrocution was also done away ...
- 553: Nature 3
- ... river. When winter hit its strongest it was hard to live. These people used techniques such as making fires and eating wild fruit and killing animals as way of survival. As in the classic story Rain of Gold, gold was traded for food and clothing. This was one of the only ways to harvest food in the weather. Water was easily found by almost every one in the mountains, this mad ... chaos. Besides all the woods burning down, animals and who ever else is there will be in danger. Even if they weren t hurt their place of living would be. As shown in the story rain of gold the family would have died if they hadn t have found the gold to trade for clothing and food. During this harsh time of winter these things were a necessity. The long journey ...
- 554: An Examination of Similes in the Iliad - and how Homer's Use of Them Affected the Story
- ... invasion of the Trojans. These two imposing characters "stood before the gates like two high oak trees upon the mountains, that tower from their wide-spreading roots, and year after year battle with wind and rain." This simile lends to the characters of the two, Polypoetes and Leonteus, along with the resolve of the Greeks at that time. The defenses are brought out to be as long-standing and strong as ... from the evidence of their existence in such an inhospitable condition as the mountains. Going back, Book Three starts with: "the Trojans advanced as a flight of wild fowl or cranes that scream overhead when rain and winter drive them over the flowing waters of Ocean." The cranes bring to mind large, pure, graceful characteristics, qualities befitting an efficient army troop. The screaming of the cranes would duly apply to the ...
- 555: Sounder: Like Father Like Dog
- ... taking a shotgun blast to the face while trying to prevent his master from being taken away to prison. Wounded and approaching death, Sounder treks off into the wooded marsh to heal himself with the acid from the oak-tree leaves. The heroic actions of both the father and Sounder perfectly demonstrate the strength they possess to carry on in a life of hardship, day after day. Armstrong utilizes the boy ... return home with similar injuries and afflictions. Sounder voyages home able to walk on only three legs. One side of the head and shoulder of the once ferocious dog was “reddish brown and hairless; the acid of the oak leaves had tanned the surface of the wound the color of leather. The stub of an ear stuck out on one side, and there was no eye on that side, only a ...
- 556: Caffeine and Its Affects
- ... It is an effective stimulant of the central nervous system and in large amounts can produce undesirable side effects such as: nervousness, insomnia, rapid and irregular heartbeats, elevated blood sugar and cholesterol levels, excess stomach acid, and heartburn. Based on our incomplete knowledge of side reactions to caffeine, prudent use seems desirable for all consumers, male and female. The problem is particularly significant for children because the effects of caffeine are ... with high blood pressure. A typical smoker experiences at least eight hours a day of nicotine-elevated blood pressure. Caffeine can worsen this situation. In addition to blood pressure problems, it can also increase stomach acid production. Caffeine has been a part of the typical daily diet for thousands of years, and will continue to be probably until the end of time. However it is clear that excessive use of caffeine ...
- 557: Adrenoleukodystrpohy
- ... fats, cholesterol, grains, nuts, fruits and vegatables skins, milk (very restrictive diet) ~to decrease the endogenous production of VLCFA with the ingestion of monosaturated VLCFA’s Types of Oils ~Glyceryl Trierucate Oil (GTO) - 90% oleic acid found naturally in olive oil & sunflower seed oil - ingestion results in decrease in VLCFA’s by 50% in four months ~Glyceryl Trioleate Oil (GTE)eruic acid found naturally in rapseed oil ~Lorenzo’s Oil - four parts GTO: one part GTE - VLCFA- restricted diet with Lorenzo’s Oil may normalize C26 levels within four weeks -normalizes RBC membrane microviscosity Sources ~Online Web ...
- 558: Lizzie Borden
- ... the same day, the murderer wouldn't have had to hurry (Meganet, 1998). Eli Bence, a druggist offered the most concrete evidence. e identified Lizzie Borden as a customer who was wanting to buy prussic acid on Wednesday, the day before the murders. russic acid is one of the most violent corrosives known. Once her attempts to buy poison became known, the police began to look at Lizzie a lot closer (Kent, 39). There are several theories that were thought ...
- 559: Cry, Our Beloved Country
- ... for the village kids, who only have warm water to drink, and then he builds a church. The reason he decides to build a church is that when he is in ndotsheni it begins to rain, and he and stephen take shelter in the church, which leaks and is in need of repair. The rain in ndotsheni is a bit of foreshadowing of hope for the village, and maybe of what is to come. Through james' education, we learn the similarities between mr. Jarvis and kumalo. When we first meet ...
- 560: Maya Civilization
- ... kings. Their society consisted of many independent states, each with a rural farming community and large urban sites built around ceremonial centres. It started to decline in A.D. 900. The geography consists of tropical rain forests, a series of rivers, and good,rich soil. The tropical rain forest stretches from northwestern Honduras, through the Peten region, and into Belize and the Chiapas. This became the heart of Classic Maya civilization. The rivers originate in the mountains and flow towards the Pacific Ocean ...
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