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- 1111: PyroTechnics
- ... smokeless powder, detonator explosives, and many more. They are used in bullet hits (squibs), blank cartridges, flash pots, fuses, mortars, smoke pots, sparkle pots, etc. The main problems of pyrotechnics include prematurely triggering the pyrotechnic effect, use of larger quantities or more dangerous materials than needed, causing a fire, lack of adequate fire extinguishing capabilities, and, of course, inadequately trained and experienced pyrotechnics operators. As a result of these risks, all ... and potassium chlorate. Examples of fuels include metals like magnesium and aluminum, sulfur, silicon dioxide, and organic fuels like charcoal, starch, resins, and chlorinated hydrocarbons. The choice of fuel and oxidizer determines the type of effect (flash, smoke, sound, etc.) its color, and its intensity. There are two basic types of pyrotechnic materials: single component and two component systems. Single component materials will either burn if ignited, or explode if ignited ...
- 1112: Does Birth-order Have An Effec
- Research Question: Does birth-order have an effect on personality? Birth-order could be one way to gain an understanding of friends, family members and co-workers. Research has shown that the birth-order indeed has an effect on personality. Birth-order of course does not explain everything about human behavior, personality is also affected by many different factors such as heritage, the environment of the upbringing, family size, education etc. There are ...
- 1113: The Brady Bunch
- ... Baby Talk though Peter sticks up for Billy and tells her not to tease him because she remembers how bad it felt to be teased herself. I am sure that this television program has some effect on its audience. I would like to hope that people take the advice that is given in the show and act accordingly. There are lessons to be learned at fictional character s expenses so that way, when the time comes for us to make choices, we might already know the answer. The Brady Bunch did have quite an effect on some people. Katherine Elizabeth Hill offers word on how the episodes represent the times that they were living in, the 1960 s and 1970 s. She believes that the episodes reflected traditional and changing ...
- 1114: Prohibition
- ... that went along with the saloons. Originally it was started as awartime austerity measure in 1917, and later Congress proposed the Eighteenth Amendment. According to Dennis Mahoney, in 1919, it was ratified and went into effect. The Volstead act was sponsored by Andrew J.Volstead on October 28, 1919. It enforced the new Amendment. During Prohibition there was a slight drop in homicide rates around the country. On January 16, 1920, the great law went into effect. The Eighteenth amendment made it forbidden to manufacture, sell, transport, import or export any intoxicating liquors. This was controversial because it turned the common hard working man or woman, who enjoyed a drink after a ...
- 1115: The Effects of Sin in The Scarlet Letter
- ... nervous and sickly. After a while, it gets to the point where he uses a cane to walk, and people are afraid for his life. The reason for his illness is not disease, but the effect of sin and guilt on his heart. Finally, after putting himself through a living hell for seven years, Dimmesdale's dying words are his confession. Roger Chillingworth comes to Boston to seek out his wife ... partner in crime and punishing him. He suspects Dimmesdale and so becomes his doctor and moves in with him. Once he is certain of his culprit, he keeps him alive to live in agony. The effect of his great sin on his own character is that of a complete transformation to evil. His physical characteristics become twisted and corrupted, as does his soul and life purpose. His one-track mind leads ...
- 1116: Marijuana
- ... unpleasant symptoms from unusually potent preparations, physicians have generally been overcaustious in the quantities administered. The only way of determining the dose of an individual preparation is to give it in ascending quantities until some effect is produced. (The Book suggested using a fluid extract - powdered cannabis in solution, 4/5 alcohol - three times a day, starting with two or three minims.)"(Lovinge,1985,p434) Extracts, tinctures, and herbal packages of ... Penalties vary widely in each state, for growing and selling it is almost always a felony. It can cause cancer in the lungs and the throat IF smoked. "Among the reasons to suspect potentially injurious effect of cannabis use on the lungs, pointed out it "the almost ubiquitous occurrennce of throat discomfort and irritation associated with marihuana smoking" (Lovinge,1985,p15)but the same carinogens are present in tobacco smoke. Marijuana ...
- 1117: Does Early Attachment Predict
- ... between early attachment and later psychopathology. They found that for males, an insecure attachment produced greater chance of psychopathology, if this was coupled with environmental stress there was very high predicability. Yet they found no effect for females. However, Lewis and his colleagues did not use the category of disorganised/disoriented attachment and a low-risk sample was used; consequently a low rate of disorganised/disoriented attachment was to be expected ... was found that a secure attachment in a low-risk environment almost guaranteed no behaviour problems. In his high-risk sample, Erikson (1985) found significant relationship between attachment security and later maladaption. In examining this effect, Lyons-Ruth, Alpern and Repacholi (1993) conducted a longitudinal study on a high-risk sample, using 4 categories of classification. They found the strongest single predictor of deviant behaviour towards peers to be an earlier ...
- 1118: Facts About Marijuana
- ... unpleasant symptoms from unusually potent preparations, physicians have generally been overcaustious in the quantities administered. The only way of determining the dose of an individual preparation is to give it in ascending quantities until some effect is produced. (The Book suggested using a fluid extract - powdered cannabis in solution, 4/5 alcohol - three times a day, starting with two or three minims.)"(Lovinge,1985,p434) Extracts, tinctures, and herbal packages of ... Penalties vary widely in each state, for growing and selling it is almost always a felony. It can cause cancer in the lungs and the throat IF smoked. "Among the reasons to suspect potentially injurious effect of cannabis use on the lungs, pointed out it "the almost ubiquitous occurrennce of throat discomfort and irritation associated with marihuana smoking" (Lovinge,1985,p15)but the same carinogens are present in tobacco smoke. Marijuana ...
- 1119: History of the American Drug War
- ... the association with Chinese men. Later, other Federal laws such as trafficking in opium was illegal for anyone of Chinese origin. The opium laws were directed at the smoking of opium. The law didn't effect importation of the drug because opium was a common medical drug. This law was specifically targeted at the Chinese, for the smoking of opium was a Chinese custom. Cocaine was outlawed for fears that black ... a prohibition on what people could put into their bodies was an unconstitutional infringement on personal liberties. Marijuana was outlawed in 1937. The reason for it being outlawed was that the plant had a violent effect on the degenerate races. The American Medical Association testified that they were opposed to the law. The law would never have passed without the endorsement from the AMA, but when the supporters of the law ...
- 1120: Beloved
- ... into some structure of moral judgment. Perhaps trying to overcome the speechlessness with an awkward attempt at moral reasoning is not the most productive way to respond to Beloved. Instead, we might discover that the effect of speechlessness relates to the broader thematic content of the novel. The circumstances of Beloved's death are horrific. Life in slavery is equally horrific. For the former slaves that populate the novel, the past ... s actions are stilted and clumsy. The community's judgment against Sethe results in an eighteen year stand off. It is as though the pressure to judge comes from a need to exorcise the haunting effect of the novel. Perhaps the reader should postpone judgment and stand the discomfort of speechlessness at Sethe's actions. He or she may have the smallest idea what it was like for a former slave ...
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