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- 121: Monosaccharides
- ... one or two hydroxyl groups are replaced with an amino group, -NH2) occur as components of glycolipids and in the chitin of arthropods. carbohydrateClasses of carbohydrates Monosaccharides Sources The most common naturally occurring monosaccharides are D-glucose, D-mannose, D-fructose, and D-galactose among the hexoses, and D-xylose and L-arabinose among the pentoses. In a special sense, D-ribose and 2-deoxy-D-ribose are ubiquitous because they form the carbohydrate ...
- 122: ... and other fantastical creatures set in a "Camelot" type world comes to mind. Most would not think of these extraordinary creatures living in modern times. The fantasy author Charles de Lint is among many present-day authors that has broken the mold of what fantasy should be. He has taken fantasy-related elements and placed them in a modern day setting. He uses these extraordinary creatures and events as metaphors for the deeper understanding of what his main characters represent and whom they are inside. His message is a common one that can be found ... However, he actually started out writing in the traditional fantasy style. It was only when his wife, Mary Ann, suggested it to him that he began to set his fairy filled stories in a modern day setting. All of his characters are extremely developed and he has also created the fictional city of Newford that has become the popular setting for many of his novels and short stories. He told ...
- 123: Charlemagne
- ... the undisputed ruler of Western Europe, “By the sword and the cross.” (Compton’s 346) As Western Europe was deteriorating Charlemagne was crowned the privilege of being joint king of the Franks in 768 A.D. People of Western Europe, excluding the church followers, had all but forgotten the great gifts of education and arts that they had possessed at one time. Charlemagne solidly defeated barbarians and kings in identical fashion during his reign. Using the re-establishment of education and order, Charlemagne was able to save many political rights and restore culture in Western Europe. Early Life Charlemagne was born in 742 A.D., to a very famous and well-known family. Charlemagne’s grandfather was Charles Martel, the man who was responsible for the defeat of the Saracens. Charlemagne was also the eldest son of Bertrade (also known ... he had coats made of otter or marten skins. Charlemagne asked his people to improve their lifestyles, but he divorced two of his four fives without any given cause. Charlemagne’s Reign In 768 A.D., Charlemagne at the age of 26, along with his brother Carloman inherited the kingdom of Franks. However, in 771 A.D. Carloman died, making Charlemagne the sole ruler of the kingdom. At this time ...
- 124: D.h. Lawrence
- D.H.LAWRENCE David Herbert Richards Lawrence drew his first breath on September 11 1885, in a small house in Victoria Street, Eastwood, near Nottingham. The fourth child of a coal miner, Arthur Lawrence and Lydia ... appliance manufacturer in Nottingham. He seems to have had similar difficulties in making friends here too; finding the factory girls frighteningly ugly for his rather refined ways. Now away from home for fourteen hours per day, except on Sunday and one half day per week, working in dark and airless conditions, the frail health of the youth broke; within six months Lawrence had pneumonia. Due to his mother's devoted nursing, and against expectations, he recovered. He ...
- 125: Drinking Water Contamination
- ... two and a half times as much water as adults as a proportion of their body weight.[9] An infant living solely on formula consumes about one-seventh of its own weight of water each day, which would correspond to approximately three gallons of water for a 155-pound adult man.[10] The hazards posed by waterborne lead are especially pernicious. In 1991, the EPA estimated that lead in drinking water ... severely ill each year from consuming contaminated water.[13] About 10,700 bladder and rectal cancers each year may be associated with THMs and their chemical cousins.[14] That translates into about thirty cancers per day. The large number of disease outbreaks throughout the country should come as no surprise, considering how many Americans drink tap water that fails to meet minimum EPA health and treatment standards for infectious microorganisms — standards ... provinces.[25] The pesticides most frequently reported included aldicarb and its by-products, which were detected in twenty-four states from California to Maine; EDB was found in twelve states; 1,2-dichloropropane (1,2-D) in seven states; and dibromochloropropane (DBCP) in five states. Also prominent were alachlor, atrazine and its products, cyanazine, dicamba, dinoseb, metolachlor, metribuzin, simazine, trifluralin, and 2,4-D. The EPA also has found that ...
- 126: Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
- ... of the different types of treatment for thoracic outlet syndrome in the medical community Current Research The first treatment that is recommended for the treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome is described by Champ Baker, M.D. and Robert Thornberry, M.D.. They said "that" once the diagnosis has been established through diagnostic studies and elimination of other more specific syndromes the initial treatment is nonoperative, consisting of postural improvement and shoulder strengthening exercises as well as ... medication, and range-of-motion and pendulum exercises as well as specific shoulder girdle exercises that have been proposed (Injuries to the Throwing Arm, p.186). To reiterate on the treatment previously stated, Dr. Robert D. Leffert, MD. of the Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, says the patient should attempt a postural reeducation and periscapular muscle-strengthening program to alleviate the symptoms of thoracic outlet syndrome (JAAOS, p.32). ...
- 127: Development Of Charles Darwin
- In the development of any one person, the people who touch their lives, in and out, day after day, and the thoughts and feelings that they stirred are summed and that quantity represents a large portion of the individual. When looking at the development of someone with as great an impact as Charles Darwin ... the house was a veritable jungle to a young boy and it was in this environment of learned eccentricity and an unforced seeking of knowledge that Darwin's fascination for natural history and biology began." (D 6) However, growing up in the family home of Dr. Robert Darwin, was not exactly the most pleasant aspect of young Charles Darwin's life. After the death of his mother, Charles had become ...
- 128: Creative: In The Lamp Light
- Creative: In The Lamp Light After my first evening at Pine Vale, I decided I'd never tell Howard Finley my name. I was sitting on a stone bench under the evergreens in the darkening twilight, inspecting the piece of wood that I'd been carving. It was going to be a dog--maybe a German shepherd. I liked to shape things, not just whittle. I thought about smoking. Not thinking of actually doing it, mind you, only remembering. Over the years, liver spots had replaced the nicotine stains on my fingers. I'd begun carving a set of chess pieces to occupy my time back when I quit. Howard walked along the sidewalk from the clinic door. His steps were slow and deliberate. Not like those of ...
- 129: Walt Whitman Biography
- ... late-risen and swollen as if with tears, From those beginning notes of yearning and love there in the mist, From the thousand responses of my heart never to cease, From the myriad thence-arous’d words, From the word stronger and more delicious than any, From such as now they start the scene revisiting,” His words come by list in force. He speaks of the emotions distilled in him by ... the actions of the birds through personification. The birds’ thoughts are his own interpretation. He witnesses what he believes to be true love between the two. Two together! Winds blow south, or winds blow north, Day come white, or night come black, Home, or rivers and mountains from home, Singing all time, minding no time, While we two keep together. There seems to be a perfection to the state which these two share. No matter what the world brings their love exists as it always had. The next stanza begins with “Till of a sudden, May-be kill’d, unknown to her mate, One forenoon the she-bird crouched not on the nest, Nor returned that afternoon, nor the next Nor ever appeared again.” The recently impossible is now the reality. The love ...
- 130: The House on Bluestone Road
- ... to the north to escape her horrible past, although she did not know that the past would soon resurface to haunt her. Life at 124 was ordinary as it could be at 124 until one day, a man by the name of Paul D walks onto the porch of Sethe’s house. Paul D was one of the men who Sethe had been a slave with at Sweet Home. Denver feels it does not feel right for Paul D to be there. It had always just been Denver, ...
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