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- 5501: Bontsha And Gimpel
- ... no matter the struggle encountered. Whenever some one looses faith in the people of their society, all he has felt is a religious believe which can be translated into faith in God(s) . In the stories Bontsha the Silent and Gimpel the Fool by Isaac Loeb Peretz and Isaac Bashevis Singer respectively, the protagonists are victims of tremendous sufferings, where faith is the only way out. However, the faith focused by ...
- 5502: Ocean Environment
- ... forces form between these molecules and enable the compounds to exist in the solid and liquid state. Ionic compounds have long-range order and exist as solids. Polar covalent molecules are liquids because of their short-range order, while the nonpolar gases do not develop intermolecular attractions and as a result exibit no order. Changes in state are due to a change in the order of compounds. When energy is added ...
- 5503: Fossil Fuel Consumption, CO2 and Its Impact on Global Climate
- ... often refer carbon dioxide as a 'greenhouse gas', as the name implies, it is a kind of material that would absorb and retain heat. Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is transparent to the sun's short-wave radiation, which is primarily in the ultra-violent and visible portions of the electromagnetic spectrum (l=0.1-1 mm). After the incident radiation has penetrated the atmosphere and been absorbed by the earth ...
- 5504: Climatology
- ... followed by two more letters that further define the climate of that region. The second letter represents and explains the dry season: whether there is or isn't a dry season, whether it is a short or long dry season, and what season it comes in either a dry winter or a dry summer. The third letter defines the temperature of different seasons either a hot or cool summer or a ...
- 5505: Avalanches and Landslides
- ... and above relying on predictions of avalanches for personal safety. Avalanches kill people many ways but the most common cause of death is suffocation. There is little air trapped in the avalanche and within a short period of time the victim loses consciousness and dies. A victim can also be killed from the force of the snow slamming into the body or by traveling in the avalanches and being smashed against ...
- 5506: “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” by Katherine Anne Porter
- “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” by Katherine Anne Porter Voices and visions, imagined and real, mingle and merge throughout Katherine Porter’s short story “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” as this hardy woman, one who has weathered so much, lives out her final moments. It is better to read the story and then watch the film because you ...
- 5507: The Greenhouse Effect
- ... heat from the sun comes into the Earth's atmosphere and cannot get out so becomes trapped.It gets its name because this is very much like a greenhouse.This effect occurs as the incoming short wave radiation is changed when it hits the Earth's surface into long wave or infra-red radiation.Heat energy in this form is then absorbed and stored in water vapour and carbon dioxide in ...
- 5508: The Evils of Hunting
- ... the animal population drastically. In the 1970's, the number of ducks making annual flights was approximately 91.5 million. In 1995, the number had been reduced to around 64 million. Within 20 years, in short, the duck population was reduced by almost one third, showing the drastic toll hunting is taking on our wildlife. If we assume that other species have been reduced in number at approximately the same rate ...
- 5509: Great Expectations: Life Story of Phillip Gargery
- ... ever thought it to be the convict. Magwitch (the convict) and I finally became a little closer. He told me of his journeys he made to get me the money. I also learned from his stories that Estella was his daughter. This made things very different. My whole life was based on ironic happenings. It was kind of scary. I went to visit Estella, to see how she was doing with ...
- 5510: Female Circumcision
- ... a big issue that needed to be focused on. Therefore, the African government launched public-information campaigns. One such campaign in Burkina Faso held awareness meetings and distributed teaching materials educating the public of the short and long term side effects associated with female circumcision. Also, in Sierra Leon, the health workers informed the general adult population of the health problems associated with circumcision. The result was more families willing to ...
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