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- 5661: Indus Civilization
- ... daro, situated along the west bank of the Indus River, about 320 km (200 mi) north of Karachi, Pakistan. Like most cities of the Indus civilization, it consisted of two major areas of occupation: a high citadel to the west and a lower city of domestic dwellings to the east. Careful urban planning is evident in the neat arrangement of the major buildings contained in the citadel, including the placement of ... in the Punjab of India, and the nearby but smaller site of Kalibangan, situated farther east along the banks of the now extinct Ghaggar-Hakra River. Both sites follow the familiar plan of a small, high citadel to the west and a lower city to the east, with the streets arranged in a rectilinear grid pattern. Immediately north of the heavily fortified citadel at Harappa, two sets of barracklike dwellings for ...
- 5662: Influences Of Socratic
- ... the circumcisions. Although the infant’s vital signs in the two groups were not to statistically different, the difference in crying rates and types were dramatic. “All 10 of the unanesthetized group cried in a high pitched, screeching manner typical of a newborn pain cry from the beginning of the glans dissection process until the dressing was applied at the end of the surgery, except for a 30 second interval just ... would be more painful than the actual procedure. Although the infants did cry during the application and had a heart rate of 35.6 beats above the baseline, this in no way compares to the high pitched wailing of the drug free newborns during the separation process whose heart rate was 53 beats above the baseline compared to the drug group whose rate was only 20.2 above. I believe this ...
- 5663: Looking For Alibrandi
- ... of yourself is necessary before you can begin to help others. Most teenagers have to know what they want. In reference to "Looking for Alibrandi" Josephine had trouble taking her responsibilities seriously. Either being a school captain for example, on school sports day Josephine was supposed to look after a group of students but instead went to the city with her friends. Her goal in life was to become a lawyer and after getting a scholarship ...
- 5664: Pyramids
- ... Egypt. These pyramids were built to protect the bodies of Egyptian kings and other royalty but before the pyramids became the standard for burials, tombs were used for Egypt's early rulers, nobles, and other high ranking officials. This group of hierarchy were laid to rest in rectangular, flat-topped mastabas of mud and brick. These mastabas were about 12 feet high and were easy targets for tomb robbers. The first pyramid built was the Step Pyramid of Saqqara; it stands in the open desert south of Cairo. The Step Pyramid was built for King Djoser. The ...
- 5665: Long Days Journey Into Night
- ... outside yet convoluted with bitterness on the inside. It portrays the actions of a dysfunctional family and brings us on a reflective journey from when the fledgling family had started, devoted to one another with high hopes for the future, to what it is today, a family engulfed in turmoil. "Who would have thought Jamie would grow up to disgrace us…Its such a pity…You brought him up to be ... tick of a rundown crazy clock…"(152) Symbolism is also utilized by O’Neill as he uses the fog that surrounds the Tyrone house to symbolize the "fog" that Mary is in as she is high on her morphine. "Its such a dismal, foggy evening." (108) Throughout the play, in his reflective style of writing, O’Neill demonstrates how, in the past, all that has been said and done has had ...
- 5666: How To Grow Venus Fly Traps
- ... a holiday, there is no harm in raising the water level to the top of the pot to assure your plant won't dry out before you return. But flytraps don't like a permanently high water-table, unlike plants like Sarracenia, which can thrive almost flooded. Flytraps can rot if constantly waterlogged in an undrained container. Most tap and well water contain too many minerals to be used for Venus ... Flowering can have a negative effect on these plants in cultivation, as it will take a few months for large traps to return. Therefore, clip off flower stalks when they are 2 to 4 inches high for vigorous summer leaves. Finally, insect pests do attack these plants, particularly aphids. Check deformed leaves closely: they are usually the result of aphids sucking juices from new leaves. Apply diazinon or orthene. The Lily ...
- 5667: Einstein
- ... the age of nine even led some teachers to believe he was disabled. Einstein’s elementary education began at the Luitpold Gymnasium when he was ten. Here he first encountered the “German spirit” through the school’s strict disciplinary policy. His disapproval of this method of teaching led to his reputation as a bad student and a rebel. It was probably this kind of education that caused Einstein to search for ... but he stopped studying the bible when he learned more about science and math. To him, these subjects seemed much more realistic than ancient stories. Finding this knowledge on his own he began to dislike school even more, and was eventually expelled from Luitpold Gymnasium being considered a “disruptive influence.” When he was 15 years old the family business failed and they moved to Milan, Italy. He stayed there only another ...
- 5668: Automobile Racing
- ... built now solely for the purpose of racing. Sports cars used for racing, such as rallies, may be either rebuilt production vehicles or pure racing machines. Drag racers are cars built to accelerate rapidly to high speeds over very short straight tracks, or drag strips, generally about 400 m (3 mi) long. The race most popularly associated with the sport is the Indianapolis 500, so called because contestants must cover 500 ... Such examples are NASCAR implementing restrictor plates to slow the cars, Formula 1 changing from methanol burning engines to gasoline burning engines, and Indycar adding pop-off valves, which open if engine pressure is to high thus exposing the engine to atmospheric pressure and leading to low power production form the engine. Auto racing advancement and research has also helped the commercial automobile industry. The majority of the worlds auto makers ...
- 5669: Lisa Bright And Dark
- ... think she is making it up. With no adult help, the problem has to be taken into the hands of Lisa and her three teenage friends. Lisa Shilling starts off as any normal teenager, attending school, going out with friends, and even dating. As the novel progresses, Lisa slips into dark, depressive moods on occasional days, and then into depression altogether. Lisa’s friends notice her change and take it into ... state of depression, which helps to make the atmosphere of the novel very mysterious. Just when it appears that Lisa is getting better, another episode occurs. The story is disturbing, being set around Lisa’s school and home. With other characters in the story, such as Lisa’s parents, causing conflicts with Lisa receiving proper treatment, the story is given a disturbing yet realistic feel. Instead of the story being told ...
- 5670: Orion Nebula
- ... that some of the younger stars within the cluster are only 300,000 years old. The Orion Nebula is an emission nebula because of the O-type and B-type stars contained within it. These high-temperature stars emit ultraviolet (UV) light that ionizes the surrounding hydrogen atoms into protons (H+) and electrons (e-). When the protons and electrons recombine, the electrons enter a higher energy level (n=3). Then, when ... is these H photons which give the nebula the distinctive red color which we see. The extreme brightness of the O-type and B-type stars, coupled with the Earth’s atmosphere, has always made high-resolution imaging of the star-forming region difficult. But recent advances in adaptive optics and the repair of the Hubble Space Telescope have allowed for incredible detail into the center of the dust cloud. 3 ...
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