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- 2401: "Beware of the Fish" by Gordan Korman: A Review
- ... by Gordan Korman: A Review 'Beware The Fish' is one of the funniest books I have ever read in my life. It is about two boys named Bruno and Boots who go to a boarding school called 'Macdonald Hall'. Their headmaster is a grim man named Mr. Sturgeon(a.k.a 'The Fish'. A sturgeon is a kind of fish.) It all started when Elmer Drimsdale, school genius invented somethingthat is sort of like a television broadcaster. He didn't know it really worked!!!! When Bruno and Boots found out their school was broke and needed more money, Bruno began to think up schemes to put their school on the map.All his attempts seemed to fail, so he vented his anger on the television broadcaster, ...
- 2402: The Green Revolution in Asia
- ... 17 Figure P2: Wolf Spider......................................18 Figure P3: Black Bug .......................................19 Figure #4: Irrigated Rice Harvesting .......................20 Chart #1: Rice Production...................................21 Chart #2: Fertilizer Use in 1993 ...........................22 Bibliography ...............................................23 The Problem: With the high and rapidly growing population of Asia, many people go hungry. How can the world support these people?; and, how can these people feed themselves? What cost will this have on the environment? What is being ... season. Warmer climates could take advantage of these faster growing varieties by having more than one or two harvests a season. The developing countries produced a lot of waste through their cultivation techniques. They used high amounts of labor that produced waste so the developed world had machinery that they sent to the underdeveloped to stop the waste. The production of new wheat varieties has led to the green revolution spreading ... strain of food, a company or government must pay scientists (including agronomists, geneticists, biologists, chemists, nuclear scientists, space-flight scientists), fund experiments, laboratory space, and materials (to just name a few). The costs are very high so the developing world would need to pay a fair price for these new varieties. The money that the countries need to pay for the seeds and machinery is borrowed from other countries. This ...
- 2403: The Cause and Effects of Acid Mine Drainage
- ... the iron, manganese and aluminum and deposits it on the rocks and the stream bed. Each of the chemicals in acid mine drainage is toxic to fish and aquatic insects in moderate concentrations. At real high concentrations all plant life is killed. "Underground mines that are likely to result in ARD are those where mining is located above the water table. (Kelly 1988)" Most of the mines are also located in ... of the acid mine drainage is not the pH, but the total acidity. (Ellison &Hutchison 1992)" Total acidity is a measure of the excess amount of H+ ions over other ions in the solution. A high acidity is accompanied by a low pH in AMD. This is what separates AMD from acid rain, which has a low pH and a low acidity. These differences are due to the sources of acid ... in the rate of the decomposition of clay minerals and carbonates, releasing toxic metals such as aluminum and silica. Ironically however, Aluminum silicates can aid in the "buffering" of pH. HEAVY METALS The presence of high concentrations of heavy metals from acid mine drainage is just as much a threat to the environment as acidity is. When sulfide is oxidized, heavy metal ions are released into the water. "The key ...
- 2404: Looking Ahead: The Future Of Post Keynesian Economics
- ... into the future -- the permanent problem of the human race." (Keynes, 1963, p. 366) Keynes could hold this cautious optimism because he believed that through social and political means and the dedication of individuals to high professional standards the economic problem could be dealt with. Such optimism could never be gotten from the neoclassical model because built into its assumptions is the view that the economic problem is a natural and ... truth of comparative advantage. Similar to Say's law, comparative advantage holds true only under limited cases. These limited cases are not represented in the world we live in today with flexible exchange rates and high levels of world-wide unemployment. Similar to applying and carrying out public policies based on the assumptions of Say's law in the 1930s, we can fine ourselves in the next century with a theory ... to the late 1960s the world saw considerable economic growth with low rates of unemployment and acceptable levels of inflation. Starting in the early 1970s, we saw the sequence of events that gave way to high rates of unemployment and fear of inflation. The fear of inflation led governments in the 1970s to focus on restrictive aggregate demand policies that had some impact in reducing inflation but created higher rates ...
- 2405: The Relationship Between Rheto
- ... logical for us to conform to an idea or concept that best supports our own. Without competition and the need for conflict, we as a community would not exist. An article found in Newsweek Technology School Conflict describes a similar but distinct case of controversy in schools. This can be shown as an example of how rhetoric and conflict occurs almost illegitimately in our lives. One way to establish this, as a social issue is to break it down and examine what the conflict really involves. This article talks about whether gifted children have the right to attend a public school outside their district, and if so where should the money for their tuition go. The two parties involved are the parents of these children and the school board. The conflict in this case is whether something is right or wrong, otherwise known as the prize to be won. This situation deals with more than just the boundaries of each district; it ...
- 2406: Mockingbird Cunninghams Vs. Ew
- ... proud and honest people. The Cunninghams did have a run in with the law one time, which caused several of the boys to be sent to "prison". The prison was more like a state industrial school, were the boys actually were fed and given an education. Some of them went on to higher education and became professionals. So once again they capitalized on an unfortunate event but, used it to progress ... Robert Ewell spent the family money on drinking. The Ewells were truly guests of the county of Maycomb. The Ewells children had little or no education. In fact the only reason the children went to school was to be able to continue receiving their relief checks. Since the requirement was that the children had to at least show up for the first day of school in order to collect the relief money, they sent their kids to school on the first day and that would be the extent of their school year. They did not make any strides to ...
- 2407: Latin America And Slavery
- ... and Africans brought in to replace the dead natives, new races were popping up in Latin America. Right then the population in Latin America was undergoing vast changes. Population growth is usually due to either high birth rates with low death rates or heavy immigration. During this time there were normal birth rates, high death rates, and heavy immigration to compensate for the death rate. This caused a slight increase in the population during this time, but the demographics changed drastically. Over a short period of time an independent ... varying skin colors. Changes in population are usually analyzed using the demographic transition model. This has four separate categories in which countries may be classified according to their situation. The category is countries with extremely high birth and death rates. This category has become unneeded due to the medical revolution. Death rates are lower because medicine can keep people alive longer than before. Common diseases dont have people dropping ...
- 2408: England: History and People
- ... for long the privilege of a small elite group, and education for everyone did not appear until the beginning of the 20th century. Everyone between the ages of 5 and 16 must now go to school. Children generally first attend primary schools, though many under-5-year- olds attend nursery schools or "playgrounds." They generally transfer to secondary school at the age of 11. Most attend comprehensive schools, which accept pupils without reference to ability and offer a variety of subjects. Others go to grammar and secondary modern schools, which they enter after taking ... system but are subject to government inspection. Some of these are known as "public" schools, which are generally attended by the children of the well-to-do, though some pupils receive government scholarships. Most public school pupils live in residential houses attached to the school. Considerable emphasis is placed on sports, especially cricket and rugby. Among the most famous public schools for boys are Eton (founded in 1440), Winchester (1380), ...
- 2409: A Consise History Of Germany
- ... the church was Latin, but Franks in Gaul adopted the Latinate vernacular that became French, and Franks and other Germanic tribes in the east spoke various languages that became German. The only relic of Old High German is the Hildebrandslied ("Lay of Hildebrand"), a fragmentary 8th-century poem, based on early pagan heroic tales, about the tragic duel between a father and son. Carolingian rulers encouraged missionary work among the Germans ... in the new bishopric of Bamberg. Salian Kings For 100 years (1024-1125) German kings were chosen from the Salian line, which was related to the Saxons. The Salians brought the empire to its height. High Tide of Empire Conrad II, a clever and ruthless ruler, reasserted royal authority over princely opposition by making the fiefs of lesser nobles hereditary and by appointing ministerials, lower-class men responsible directly to him ... such as Reichenau, Regensburg, Fulda, Echternach, and Saint Gall became centers of scholarship. Monks wrote Latin works (such as the Walthariuslied, based on a German legend) and translated biblical and other Christian texts into Old High German. Their illuminated manuscripts with flat, dignified images imitated the art of classical antiquity and Byzantium. Churches, notably Saint Michael at Hildesheim and the cathedrals of Mainz, Speyer, and Worms, were massive, stone-vaulted ...
- 2410: Short-story Paper
- ... receives information that show this for them. On the other hand, the other story that is going to be discussed is Dry September , which as well is a story that keeps the readers interest in high levels, due to the interesting plot that it has, and the various changes in it. Here also, I first analyze the writing style and then proceed with the character presentation. This story has to do as well with a woman(Miss Minnie Cooper), who is supposedly raped by a black man. This woman was once in the high social class of Jefferson and as the years pass by she began to fall . The choice and use of words is really careful, again, and especially here the use of South words and way of ... tactic that Faulkner uses in both stories is to describe their appearance, because in a way it is interrelated with their actions. The heroines in both stories have common features like their belonging in the high social class of town, and are both disappointed by men in their own way. The author also is providing us with the past of some of the characters involved. Both women at one point ...
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