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- 11471: Ballad of Birmingham
- ... her concern for the welfare of her darling little child. It seems odd that this child would even know what a freedom march is, but this would be considered normal back in the early 1960's, when Mr. Martin Luther King Jr. had rallies and freedom marches to free the African American people from discrimination and segregation (Hunter 6). It also seems very ironic that the young child is acting like ... In the poem "Ballad of Birmingham", by Dudley Randall, written in 1969, Mr. Randall uses tone and irony to describe the events of the mothers decisions, and as well as her concern for her child's well being. In the first stanza irony is used in order to make reading the poem more interesting. The situation in this first stanza is also very important. The little child is in a desperate ... that she ended up wearing them to her funeral instead (Hunter 26). There is also a shift in dialogue here in the fifth stanza(Hunter 27). Here the narrator starts to take over. The narrator's tone shows the reader the pride and joy that the mother takes in her child's appearance (Hunter 29). It also gives the reader some sense of reassurance and cleanliness as the mother is ...
- 11472: Compressed Gas: Helium
- ... using helium that most people are not aware of. The public needs to be aware and understand it is not for inhaling. Some teenagers think inhaling helium at parties is fun. But what they don't know it is also fatel. An aspect of inhaling is a person may lose consciousness due to asphyxia (oxygen deprivation). During the exchange of gases in the normal breathing process, the blood stream absorbs oxygen ... isotopes - the way the sun does it - but it will be many, many years (if ever) before anyone can do that continuously and reliably here on earth. "Air Liquide" France claims to be the world's largest industrial gases company. "BOC Gases" (UK) lay claim to supplying more helium worldwide than any other industrial gases company. Helium is extracted from natural gas deposits. Only a few sources in the world contain significant proportion of helium and justify it's separation. These are in the US, Poland, Algeria and Russia. Because of it's high value, helium is the ONLY major industrial gas to be traded internationally. Natural gas in this locality was first ...
- 11473: The Effects of Stress, Alcohol Outcome Expectancies, Gender, Coping Styles, and Family Alcoholism on Alcohol Consumption
- ... common stereotype for the effects of alcohol is that as a drug it acts as a stress antagonist. This theory was introduced by Conger (1956) as the Tension Reduction Hypothesis (TRW). It states that alcohol's sedative action on the central nervous system serves to reduce tension, and because tension reduction is reinforcing, people drink to escape it (Marlatt & Rehsenow, 1980). Why do we drink, when do we drink, and how ... report questionnaire developed by Sher and Descutner in 1986 which is designed to measure family history of alcoholism. This is a yes/no type of test, and is specifically determines the extent of an individual's parents' alcohol abuse. 2. Comprehensive Effects of Alcohol (CEOA) The CEOA (Fromme, Stroot & Kaplan, 1993) has 38 questions, and is designed to measure alcohol outcome expectancies. There are seven expectancy scales, four positive (sociability, tension ... point scale with 1 = disagree and 5 = agree. 3. Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) The PSS (Cohen, Kamarck, & Mermelstein, 1983) is a 14 item self-report designed to assess the degress to which situations in one's life are appraised as stressful. There are 7 positive and 7 negative questions. 4. COPE The COPE (Carver et al., 1989) has 53 questions and is designed to assess individual coping dispositions. This test ...
- 11474: The Dangers of Smoking Marijuana
- ... world, including the US. There are three different types of Indian Hemp. They are Cannabis Sativa, Cannabis Indica, and Cannabis Rudderalis. These three plants vary in size and mood altering effect. The hemp plant ha s many uses and has been farmed for centuries. Marijuana can be taken in three ways, by eating, made into a tea, or smoking (the most popular). Smoking it can be done three ways, through a ... a rolled piece of paper that is twisted at the ends. A blunt is normally an emptied cigar wrapper filled with marijuana. In a blunt you can fit much more marijuana. Though a blunt isn't always purely marijuana, it can be mixed with other drugs such as angel dust. The results are varied when someone smokes marijuana. Different people will get different results, and certain types of cannabis can cause different effects. The amount of THC (marijuana's main active chemical) may also change the result. If alcohol or other drug use is occurring while smoking marijuana, the effect could be different. A first time marijuana smoker will probably feel no effect. ...
- 11475: Antigone Fatal Flaw And Downfa
- It is clear that Creon's tragic flaw was his pride, arrogance and beliefs of a leader that cause his downfall. His downfall began when he denied the burial of Polyneices and was firm when he condemned Antigone for her objection ... thinks his morals are wrong. But no one wants to speak out or stand up to Creon because they all fear him and afraid to loose their life going against his words. But Antigone isn't afraid of Creon or the consequences that faces her if she goes against his ruling. Creon knows that Antigone would not back down, she shows him that she is not afraid of the consequences but ... loose everything important to him. Creon is in a position of great power, influence and responsibility. The extent of his power is quite clear when he sentenced Antigone to death for disobeying his order. Antigone's reasons for burying her brother were simply the fact that she was demonstrating her love, honor, and loyalty to her family. However, the reason Creon is furious is that he feels insulted that Antigone ...
- 11476: Adolf Hitler
- Hitler’s Childhood Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, in a small Austrian village called Braunau-am-Inn. Adlof was born a sickly child, his mother, Klara, watched over him night and day. Klara Hitler ... eyed boy with an angular face (Twisted 63). At the age of 6, Hitler started school and showed excellent achievement in his classes. Outside of school young Hitler was energetic and had many friends. Adolf’s home life was far less happy. His father ran the household like a military boot camp. When his father was in the same room as him, Adolf was not allowed to speak without permission. The first signs of Adolf’s aggression showed up at the age of 7. Adolf would challenge his tyrannical father and was beaten severely for it. In 1900, at the age of 11, Hitler entered a secondary school that turned ...
- 11477: 1984: Dystopian Visions
- ... more truly, for the time was 1984 and the people of Oceania were being watched; practically their every move was being recorded through the telescreen. Big Brother is watching you was the constant reminder, don't think bad thoughts or don't go to the wrong part of town because there are spies every-where. The Inner Party kept the people living in constant fear and then to keep their minds off the fear, they brain-washed ... regulations, depriving them of their natural born right to be able to marry, have a family and indulge in the fruits of life. Is this the type of future that Orwell intends to happen? Orwell's view on the future may have been influenced by the activities going on in the world around him. The allies had just defeated the Nazis in the Second World War and people were starting ...
- 11478: Macbeth
- The William Shakespeare play ³Macbeth,² depicted Macbeth as a loyal subject of King Duncan and his homeland of Scotland. Duncan was so pleased with Macbeth¹s actions during the war that he was named the Thane of Cawdor, a title not far from king. Soon after, he wrote a letter to his wife that would make his future blood stained. Macbeth told her about the possibility of becoming king and in-turn hooked her on the idea. She then did everything in her power to give Macbeth the crown of Scotland. Duncan¹s gratitude for the deeds of Macbeth were displayed when Duncan announced, ³Would thou hadst less deserved, that the proportion both of thanks and payment might have been mine! Only I have left to say, more is thy due than more than all can pay. (p.34)² The last sentence of his quote said that he deserved more than everyone could have given him. Duncan¹s thankfulness resulted in raising the title of Macbeth from Thane of Glamis to that of Cawdor. Only one title then separated him from being next in line to the throne, the Prince of Cumberland. ...
- 11479: Photosysthesis Experiment
- ... of dark reactions, the carbon fixation step, involves rubisco. What happens is that rybluose which contains five carbons takes the carbon in carbon dioxide and makes the six carbon sugar glucose as described in Vodopich's definition. For the first part of our experiment we wanted to observe how using paper chromatography separates pigments. Paper chromatography works since the pigments in plants have different polarities, weights, and sizes. Although, it was ... test tubes in front of a one hundred-watt bulb, but we wrapped test tube four in aluminum foil. We then observed the changes in color in all the tubes. DATA AND RESULTS Experiment one’s results can be summarized as in the following table. For the second experiment of our lab it is best to describe the actual color changes in the test tubes. Test tube one showed no changed ... it a slower rate of discoloration. Finally, test tube three showed a very slight change in its color at a very slow rate. DISCUSSION In our first experiment of this slab, we got different Rf’s for the different pigments in plants. These values represent many different aspects of the pigments. A high value means that the pigment segregated a lot, and therefore from this data, we can conclude that ...
- 11480: Nuclear Power
- Nuclear Power Most of the world's electricity is generated by either thermal or hydroelectric power plants. Thermal power plants use fuel to boil water which makes steam. The steam turns turbines that generate electricity. Hydroelectric power plants use the great force ... into the atmosphere. The cleanest, cheapest, and least polluting power plant of the two types is the hydroelectric power plant. The main reason most countries use thermal versus the hydroelectric is because their countries don't have enough concentrated water to create enough energy to generate electricity. (World Book vol. 14, 586) Nuclear power plants generate only about eleven percent of the world's electricity. There are around 316 nuclear power plants in the world that create 213,000 megawatts of electricity. (INFOPEDIA) Radioactive, or nuclear, waste is the by-product of nuclear fission. Fission occurs when atoms' ...
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