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- 2311: Why Is The Crucible So Called
- ... with her husband, John Proctor. Abigail used the witchcraft craze to accuse Elizabeth and have her sent to jail. The purpose of a crucible is to melt things in and for this you need very high temperatures. This is illustrated in the play, when the judge Danforth says to Proctor in Act Three We burn a hot fire here; it melts down all concealment . The court scenes were times of tension ... things are permanently and physically changed in a crucible, they are turned from one thing into another. This is reflected in the play by the fact that many things in the play are exerted to high pressure and pushed to the limits of reason due to the dramatic tension. The pressures show in the people many of whom become hysterical. The play examines the permanent conditions of the climate of hysteria ... has connotations with crucifixion. John is crucified, not in the way that dies on a cross but in the way that he is hung for what he believes in. Many other things are heated to high temperatures in the play such as emotions and values. In fact many of the characters go through changes because of the intensity of the play. Moreover the title of the play, crucible also means ...
- 2312: Ultrasonic Radar for a Home PC System
- ... neighbour or friend is reason enough to build your own ultrasonic radar station. Similar to that of a Polaroid, ultrasonic transducers are used in this type of radar. A rangefinder emits a brief pulse of high frequency sound that produces an echo when it hits an object. This echo returns to the emitter where the time delay is measured and thus the result is displayed. The Polaroid rangefinder is composed of ... transducer (Fig. 1) acts as a microphone and a speaker. It emits an ultrasonic pulse then waits for the echo to return. The ranging board is the second part (Fig. 2). This board provides the high voltages required for the transducer, sensitive amplifiers, and control logic. Since R1 is variable it controls the sensitivity of the echo detector. A stepper motor rotates the transducer to get a 360o field of view ... transmitter waits 1 millisecond for the pulse transmission and transducer to complete it's task. Then the experimenter waits for the pulse echo to return. If a pulse is detected the board sets ECHO at high. The Experimenter times the difference between BINH going high to ECHO going high. The experimenter sets INIT to low, waits 0.5 seconds for the echo, if no echo is heard the experimenter cancels ...
- 2313: Lord Bryon Research Paper 10 P
- ... been presented to the Byron’s by Henry VIII, and he and his mother li d in the run down estate for a while. While in England growing up his was sent to a private school in Nottingham, where his clubfoot was doctored by a quack named Lavender. He suffered abuse while there, from both the painful tortures of Dr. Lavender d the unnatural affection of the school nurse by the name of May Grey. He was subjected to mistreatment by her through drunkenness, beatings, neglect, and sexual liberties. This abuse was not stopped early enough to protect the boy from the psychologi ... ArcadiaWeb/Byron) Byron’s mother had a bad temper that he was constantly being exposed to as well. John Hanson, Mrs. Byron’s attorney, rescued him from the unna ral affections of May Grey the school nurse, the tortures of Lavender, and the uneven temper of his mother. John Hanson then took him to London, where a reputable doctor prescribed a special brace. That next autumn of 1799 Hanson entered ...
- 2314: The Catcher In The Rye
- ... many people, the difference being that Holden acts upon those thoughts and has them down in writing. Holden Caulfield is a teenager growing up in New York in the 1950s. He has been expelled from school for poor achievement and was flunking four subjects and not applying myself and all. He decides to leave school a few days than what he is supposed to in an attempt to deal with his current situation. Besides, I sort of needed a little vacation. My nerves were shot. They really were. Caulfield goes ... know I got the ax again. Towards Phoebe, Holden has a special sentiment. To him, she represents purity, childhood, and what he wants to stay as. He ignores that Phoebe like the movies, participates in school plays, and criticizes him. This is probably because to him Phoebe isn t phony so he is willing to accept criticism and rules from her. Holden has a poor attitude towards life resulting from ...
- 2315: Canadian Immigration
- ... refuges, and also for political reasons Over he past seventy five years the death rate in developed and non- developed countries alike has taken a nose dive while the world's birth rate has remained high. Overpopulation has become a legitimate problem for many countries, China is the first country to institute a law limiting the amount of children a family is allowed. Canada is not that plagued for land yet ... is not true. There are a higher percentage of Canadian born people on welfare than there are immigrants on welfare. Immigrants provide invaluable support in the service sector of the economy. There is also a high percentage of engineers, doctors and city planners among those who immigrate to Canada. These immigrants provide a different prospective in their fields of work, which can be beneficial to all Canadians. The acceptance of immigrants ... the housing country. But it can be argued that Canada does not only take in immigrants out of good will. Canada's birth rate is lower than the death rate. Canada must take in a high number of immigrants just to maintain their present population. The aging Canadian born population has made large numbers of immigrants a necessity in Canada, thus ever changing the way Canadian culture is perceived throughout ...
- 2316: To Kill A Mocking Bird: Tom Robinson's Trial
- ... Mayella Ewell portray the ‘white trash’ of Maycomb. Knowing the low esteem associated with the name ‘Ewell’ they strive to control people and maintain the status of untouchables. The Ewell’s do not go to school, do not accept charity, and do not recognise African-Americans as real human beings. To accentuate his status Bob Ewell dehumanises the African-American, calling them ‘niggers’ and treating them like animals. The trial becomes ... results of such actions. A different type of prejudice shown in the novel is class prejudice. It is unconsciously shown by Scout as well as a few of her compatriots on her first day at school. They attributed certain qualities to each family in Maycomb and expected these traits to be hereditary. For example the reason which Scout gave as to why Walter refused the quarter which Miss. Fisher offered was ... just because he was Black. This is very typical of such a group as it is all a group of white people. Another aspect of Maycomb society is shown through they hypocritical prejudice shown at school. During school, where the teacher is explaining the difference between democracy and dictatorship, the teacher uses the United States as an example, Scout wonders how they can call themselves a democracy when they are ...
- 2317: Water and Its Importance
- ... transported in plants, and its surface tension provides a comfortable habitat for many insects. Water is also one of the best solvents. The specific heat property of water stabilizes temperature in living organisms and its high heat of vaporization regulates earth's climate. One of the most unique things about water is the fact that it expands when it freezes unlike many other liquids. Its thermal and transparent properties protect aquatic ... bond with multiple partners, making water more structurally sound than many other liquids. Therefore, these hydrogen bonds hold the substance together and have cohesion. Because of the hydrogen bonds that interconnect individual molecules, water has high cohesion. Cohesion is the binding of like molecules. This enables water to transport throughout a small plant or giant tree. The water is transported through small vessels that ascend from the roots to the leaves ... membranes of the living cells structure, enabling them to function as they do. Water also plays a huge role in stabilizing the body and the world's temperature. The property responsible for this is the high specific heat of water. It takes one calorie per gram per degree to change the temperature of water by one degree Celsius. Due to this, the temperature of water changes less when it absorbs ...
- 2318: The Software Industry Report
- ... a massive 27% as Microsoft steamrollered across the Internet software market. 4.3 The Barriers to Entry As the market is dominated by Microsoft, small firms find that the barriers to entry are far too high. Microsoft and the other large firms prevent smaller companies from entering the market because: 1. Smaller firms can not afford to employ the huge and expensive teams and expertise needed to write massive programs. As the industry is largely labour intensive, it is not the expense of the initial capital that deters the smaller firms, but rather the high cost of professional Labour and the reputation needed to attract them. 2. Smaller firms don’t have the money to invest in strong marketing campaigns in order to compete with Microsoft’s brand. No matter ... endlessly upgrading to continue to still have a worthwhile product, and continue making money. The Internet and the Java language has been a breath of fresh air to new companies by lowering the quite substantially high barriers to entry, This has made the market far more contestable and recently Microsoft has become increasingly worried about the likes of a software system called Linux which is now available for free over ...
- 2319: The Philosophical Foundations
- ... the cause of heroism's construal in physicalistic terms, I refer you to my talk, "The Mind as Hero in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged.") The concept of "heroism," like so many others, is a high-level abstraction--it is primarily a moral concept--and requires a rational philosophical system, including the principle of mind-body integration, as it proper base. Without such a basis the concept can be neither rigorously ... an ant-hill--and the key to it is this: no obstacle or opposition, no matter how daunting, can sway the great man from his chosen course. If Hannibal had thought, "The mountains are so high," or George Washington had decided, "It's too cold at Valley Forge," or Howard Roark had said," It's such a hassle finding clients," and then relinquished their respective ambitions, they would not be the inspirations they are. If one achieves at a high level, finding it easy and meeting no opposition, that is good--but one has not yet been tested by the full range of forces that a purposeful man might confront. But if one achieves ...
- 2320: Political Correctness in Schools
- Political Correctness in Schools Schools in Canada have recently become the battleground for the fight over how much political correctness should be allowed to infiltrate grade school classrooms. One can take two sides when dealing with such issues as violent toys, “good clean fun”, the benefits and disadvantages of political correctness. There is much controversy about violent toys which are far from being considered politically correct. The toys that enter many grade school classrooms throughout the country may also seem offensive to people who try to be as politically correct as possible. I can remember an incident involving myself, a water gun and a teacher back in grade four. What had happened was that I pondered onto school grounds with a tiny plastic watergun. As I proceeded down the hallway a teacher took notice of my “ water-squirting” device. She approached me and ceased the toy from my hands . Many elementary school ...
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