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- 6181: Acid Rain
- ... and nitric acids. Such pollution may also be suspended in a fog, or the pollutants may be deposited in dry form. Environmental damage from acid rain has been reported in northern Europe and North America. High levels of acid rain have also been detected in other areas of the world, such as above the tropical rain forest of Africa. Acid rain has destroyed plant and animal life in lakes, damaged forests ... new coal-burning plants must install expensive scrubbers in their smokestacks to remove most of the dioxides. Other possible measures include burning only low-sulfur oil or coal, or removing the sulfur from coal with high sulfur content. The 1990 revision of the Clean Air Act focuses on reducing urban smog, acid rain, and emissions. The costs of such measures are considerable, however, and who should pay these costs continues to ...
- 6182: Analysis Of Rembrandt Joseph A
- The story of Joseph and Potiphar's wife is told in the first book of the Bible, Genesis, chapter 39. Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers and bought by Potiphar, a high ranking official in the Pharaoh's service. "The Lord was with Joseph," and gave him success in everything he did. This pleased Potiphar and before long Joseph was given the highest position in the household ... Rembrandt liked strong contrasts of light and dark and used them in his paintings all his life, letting darkness hide unnecessary details while using light to bring figures and objects out from the shadows. The high contrast of light against dark changed an ordinary scene into a dramatic one ... the Italian word for this use of light and dark [is] chiaroscuro " (Muhlberger 9). Rembrandt must have believed that too much detail ...
- 6183: Maya Angelou 3
- ... her family, friends, and teachers for her excellent grades in all of her studies. Richard Rodriguez had what seemed to be a rocky start. He was slow to learn because he knew little English in school that is until the grammar-school nuns visited his parents and convinced them to speak in English. At these parts in time they both had come to a realization: Maya realized role of her culture and race provided for society, and ...
- 6184: Lord of the Flies : Summary of Conclusion
- ... defined as a psychotic person who was refrained from his true genetic personality and yearning for violence because of the standards to which he was born. He was a rich and went to a private school where he could not be himself. The school was very strict and therefore not allowing any of the boys to do things that they had always wanted. So then, when faced with the idea of an island with no adults where they can ...
- 6185: Religion & Evolution
- ... accounting for cosmic origins.2 In the scientific community there is a well known and accepted theory known as the "Big Bang Theory". Most people know of this theory because they were taught it in school. Yet it usually contradicted what their parents and pastors taught them in church. As a result, the Big Bang Theory was generally discarded as something that intellectual minds which cannot exist upon the true faith ... the point was so very valid and without skeptical doubt, then why is it not being taught to our children? I understand the idea of separation between church and state, and the fact that the school is very much a part of state. Yet it seems to me that if the idea is a basic building block in todays society then why not teach this to the young? Why is ...
- 6186: Polymers
- ... the first synthetic polymer in 1862. John Wesley Hyatt, an American, was the first person to produce a useable polymer two years later. He named the product celluloid. The prime virtue of polymers is a high strength-to-weight ratio. Industrial-strength polymers surpass titanium in tensile strength. To add strength and improve flexibility, polymers are sometimes fortified with short-fiber additives, mostly fiberglass. This is known as a polymer composite ... and widespread use of polymers, scientific understanding is still sketchy. Polymer development has occurred through trial and error. Scientific shortcomings are becoming more apparent in the search for polymers that can meet the demands for high technology of today. The new study is on the microstructure of polymers while still in a liquid state. The purpose is to learn how the solid-state structure is developed. The ultimate goal is to ...
- 6187: The Life and Career of Babe Ruth
- ... were Game's Greatest Hero, Babe, (his most common nickname), George Herman Ruth, and George Herman Shaw. Everybody calls him Babe Ruth. Babe had seven brothers and seven sisters. He stole from stores, he skipped school, and he chewed tobacco at age 7. His father often had beaten him because he was incorrigible. Babe's father was a saloonkeeper. Babe was incorrigible so he was sent to an orphanage. Babe was educated at Saint Mary's Industrial School. He drank in the orphanage with his friends. In 1913, Babe was playing baseball with kids older than he was. He began his career in 1914 as a left-handed pitcher for Baltimore's team ...
- 6188: Headaches Their Causes And Effects
- All of us suffer from an occasional headache; in fact, 20 million Americans see their doctors each year because of headaches. Headaches are also the leading cause for missing school and work in this country. There are many different types of headaches ranging from just ordinary pain, to pain associated with a disorder or serious medical condition. I d like to discuss the worst type ... increasing age and are relatively uncommon after the age of 50. After interviewing my grandmother, who is a special case Migraine sufferer, she told me that her Migraines began when she was seven. Often in school she would have the classic migraine symptoms- she would see only half of her teacher and bright lights and flashes up to 20 minutes before her Migraine began. These symptoms are called auras and once ...
- 6189: Glass
- ... Approximately ninety percent of all glass is soda-lime glass. Soda-lime glass contains between sixty and seventy-five percent silica, twelve to eighteen percent soda and five to twelve percent lime. Its resistence to high temperature and sudden changes of temperature are minimal. Also its resistence to corrosive chemicals is only average.(Education Dep. Types of Glass) However, the typical commercial soda-lime glass contains seventy-two percent SiO2 , fifteen ... during electrical insulation as well as in art activities and in thermometer tubing.(Education Dep. Types of Glass). Borosilicate glass is any silicate glass made up of at least five percent boric oxide. It has high resistence to temperature change and to chemical corrosion. It is not as easy to make as soda-lime and lead glass. Borosilicate glass is more expensive than soda-lime or lead glass, however it is ...
- 6190: Biography of Thomas Edison
- Biography of Thomas Edison Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio on February 11, 1847. When he was young his family moved to Port Huron, Michigan where he attended school for three months - the only formal schooling he ever had. At school most of his teachers often thought him dumb because of all the questions he asked to their answers, as well as him having a very large head. His mother understood that he asked these questions ...
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