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- 71: Devastation of the Rain Forests
- Devastation of the Rain Forests "We know there will be problems in environmental terms, many serious problems, but it is a matter of economics. There won't be any complete disaster, and what we cannot solve, well, that's ... every acre that is lost in the burning season, there is one acre less that we have for possible life saving medicines. About 70 percent of plants used in anti- cancer drug come are the rain forest. We are slowly destroying the environment and ourselves. Whether we realize it or not, the world could quickly come to an ecological stop. Every day 144,000 acres of the rainforests are cut down ... Chico Mendes' death finally brought the much-needed worldwide attention to the rainforests. Until 1988 the astonishing figures produced by environmentalists and scientists never had much weight for people of countries outside of the Amazon Rain Forest. The death of Mendes was the second death of a NCRT, National Council of Rubber Tappers, member in recent times. The fight, " at first, was only about ecology, and defending the fishes, the ...
- 72: Woodstock
- ... the unexpected. A controversial, yet still notable cause for the success of Woodstock was the availability of illegal drugs, specifically marijuana and LSD ("Woodstock '69: Three days, 3"). About 400 people experienced bad trips on acid at the festival. It is widely believed that a large amount of the population at the festival was smoking pot or tripping on acid, and if you weren't, there is a great chance that you had a contact high throughout the festivities. As the saying goes, "if you remember the '60's, you weren't at Woodstock." The ... and the crowd cooperated in return. Though the rules were bent in favor of using drugs during Woodstock, one cannot overlook the few drug overdoses that lent a tragic atmosphere to the Woodstock festivities. Continuous rain caused an abundant amount of mud at the festival. The spontaneity comes from the fact that the rain caused the site to be switched twice, which resulted in the loss of preparation time. On ...
- 73: Woodstock
- ... the unexpected. A controversial, yet still notable cause for the success of Woodstock was the availability of illegal drugs, specifically marijuana and LSD ("Woodstock '69: Three days, 3"). About 400 people experienced bad trips on acid at the festival. It is widely believed that a large amount of the population at the festival was smoking pot or tripping on acid, and if you weren't, there is a great chance that you had a contact high throughout the festivities. As the saying goes, "if you remember the '60's, you weren't at Woodstock." The ... and the crowd cooperated in return. Though the rules were bent in favor of using drugs during Woodstock, one cannot overlook the few drug overdoses that lent a tragic atmosphere to the Woodstock festivities. Continuous rain caused an abundant amount of mud at the festival. The spontaneity comes from the fact that the rain caused the site to be switched twice, which resulted in the loss of preparation time. On ...
- 74: Chemistry: Acid-Base Titration
- Chemistry: Acid-Base Titration Purpose: The objective of this experiment were: a) to review the concept of simple acid-base reactions; b) to review the stoichiometric calculations involved in chemical reactions; c) to review the basic lab procedure of a titration and introduce the student to the concept of a primary standard and the process of standardization; d) to review the calculations involving chemical solutions; e) to help the student improve his/her lab technique. Theory: Titration was used to study acid-base neutralization reaction quantitatively. In acid-base titration experiment, a solution of accurately KHP concentration was added gradually to another solution of NaOH concentration until the chemical reaction between the two solutions were completed. ...
- 75: Charging Into The Modern Turne
- Turner has out-prodiged almost all former prodigies. He has made a picture with real rain, behind which is real sunshine, and you expect a rainbow every minute. Meanwhile, there comes a train down upon you, really moving at the rate of fifty miles a hour, and which the reader had ... better, -only it is a positive fact that there is a steam coach going fifty miles and hour. The world has never seen anything like this picture . This was Thackeray s response to Turner s Rain, Steam and Speed upon seeing it at the Royal Academy exhibition in 1844. A large canvas displayed in the place of honour on the back wall of the East room of the exhibition, the painting ... public display. Both Ian Carter and Gerald Finley assert that despite the criticism already written about this complex work it remains engaging and still retains layers of meaning that have not been brought to light. Rain, Steam and Speed can be read as a celebration of new technology and the new Britain that was forming in its wake, a lament for a passing golden age, or as Carter suggests as ...
- 76: Farewell To Arms Paper
- ... God’s eyes” it may take a lifetime. A lifetime that people don’t want to wait. That is why Hemmingway’s characters mock God, they want “quick pleasure”. Hemmingway also uses the symbol of rain quite a bit. In a biological sense rain can represent death. This is because in certain moist environments bacteria (cholera, which was mentioned by Catherine) can grow at an increased rate and thus bring death. The rain is used when Catherine dies at the end. Also Catherine was scared of the rain. Catherine’s fear of the rain was foreshadowing her death, but it also has another reason. Catherine is expressing ...
- 77: The Cat In The Rain
- The Cat in The Rain In the short story the "The Cat in the Rain" by Ernest Hemingway, the cat is a symbol around which the story revolves. As a central symbol, the cat reveals the psychological state and emotional desires of the American wife. When the cat is first ... it. From the moment she leaves the room to get the cat, she is told repeatedly not to get wet, but she doesn’t care. Her only concern is to get the cat out of rain. Getting this cat is important to her because she empathizes with the it. "It isn’t any fun to be a poor kitty out in the rain."(57) Before she even has a chance ...
- 78: Atomic Bomb 7
- ... This means that if a meteorite had fallen from the sky, there would be a good chance that it could hit a heavily populated city due to the nuclear bomb explosions done recently. Thirdly, our rain has been contaminated with radioactive chemicals from the atomic explosions done in recent years. Radioactive rain can cause cancer and other health problems for millions of people, especially if radioactive rain falls on a heavily populated country. In 1949, the United States navy had done tests in our rainwater. Reports show that radioactive rain has fallen from the sky and killed plant vegetation here in ...
- 79: Death of a Planet
- ... to the bloodstream, and could harm people with heart disease. Nitrogen oxide is formed when a car engine gets hot. It contains chemicals that aid in the formation of ground level ozone as well as acid rain (2 factsheet, OMS-5). Acid rain destroys the outsides of buildings, statues, etc. Acid rain can also contaminate drinking water, damage vegetation, and destroy sealife. These two pollutants are two of the most dangerous pollutants released through car exhaust. ...
- 80: Mans Discovery Of Fossil Fuels Could Be His Downfall. Discus
- ... from Politicians and Industrialists saw the need for safer, greener energy sources. Environmental problems from the burning of fossil fuels came to dominate the headlines of world media with issues such as the greenhouse effect, acid rain and water pollution. It was not until August 1990 that the supply of oil came to the attention of the world media and industrialised nations again. The invasion of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein brought a ... won t continue at all, that what s happening is the opposite and we are seeing the start of a new ice age. Apart from global warming, other environmental issues associated with fossil fuels include acid rain, which has wiped out vast areas of forest. By 1985 German foresters estimated that more than 4 million hectares (about half the total forest were in a state of decline due to acid ...
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