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- 17461: Themes in Ellen Foster
- ... and she must fight to maintain her own spirit. Her counselor questions her at school about her name change. Ellen changed her last name to Foster because she felt that the new family was her’s now. She didn’t understand that foster was the type of family where lost children were taken in and loved. There is an example of symbolism used throughout the novel Ellen Foster. The microscope is a symbol used throughout ... every place. When she was bored this amused her. She even told Dora that it was a gift given to her by her “imaginary” boyfriend. Ellen kept the microscope hidden from other people. She didn’t want people to break it. Ellen kind of kept her life secretive from others just like she had kept the microscope. Two themes can be discussed in the novel Ellen Foster. The first theme ...
- 17462: Viruses: Complex Molecules or Simple Life Forms?
- ... gets transcribed to DNA bye the enzyme reverse transcriptase. The protein capsid is a protein layer that wraps around the virus. There are four basic shapes of viruses. The tobacco mosiac, adenovirus, influenza virus, and t-even bacteriophage are each examples of a different virus structure. Each individual protein subunit composing the capsid is a capsomere. The tobacco mosiac virus has a helical capsoid and is rod shaped. The adenovirus is polyhedral and has a protein spike at each vertex. The influenza virus is made of a flexible, helecal capsid. It has an outer membranous enevelope that is covered with glycoprotein spikes. The T-even bacteriophage consists of a polyhedral head and a tail. The tail is used to inject DNA into a bacterium while the head stores the DNA. Basic life is defined as the simplest form capable ... A lock and key fit determines the host, or host range. This works vert similar to that of an enzymes active site. Once the virus has found a host cell, the virus uses the host's nucleotides and enzymes to replicate it's DNA. Other materials and machinery of the host cell produce the virus's capsid proteins. The viral DNA and proteins then join to make a new copy ...
- 17463: The Color Purple: Nettie
- ... In the Olinka tribe they believed, "the husband had life and death power over the wife. If he accuses one of his wives of witchcraft or infidelity, she can be killed." (172) Additionally, a woman's life is centered on her husband -- responding to his every whim and desire. However, the school attendance dilemma was a direct example of male dominance. Initially, Olivia was the only girl in the school and when the question was brought about why the Olinka girls didn't attend a mother answered, "a girl is nothing to herself; only to her husband can she become something.” (162) It was pointed out that it was similar to that in the United States, “they are like white people back home who don't want colored people to learn." (162) The women of the tribe "work like donkeys" (163) and does not receive an education; thus, mirroring the situation in the United States. In one of her letters ...
- 17464: Vegetarians
- ... has always been in American history. Turkey is eaten on Thanksgiving, not Tofu Surprise. Fish on Fridays, not salad. Pop and son would go hunting in the winter for fresh game to eat, they wouldn’t go picking berries and roots. Those who could not or would not eat meat did not survive. Studies have been done by M. J. Lentze, a German who found that vegetarianism causes impaired growth in ... of protein, but the amount is not even close in comparison to meat. To get the same amount of protein from vegetables as you would from just one pound of meat (although most people don’t eat this much meat anyway!), you would be eating for hours. Most people become vegetarians because of the Animal Rights Movement (ARM). But in fact, the movement has "elevated ignorance about the natural world" according ... be vegetarian. A human being can receive a diet that reduces the risk for chronic degenerative diseases without becoming a vegetarian. The best thing to do is to reduce the amount of fat in one’s diet, although not totally eliminate fat since your body needs it. Thanksgiving is often the only exception for vegans, except the occasional trip to McDonalds and/or Burger King in secret. As for the ...
- 17465: Sophistication
- ... see himself as just another soul to live and die. Willard realizes that unless he does something to change the course that his life is taking, he will never be a great man in anyone's eyes. More than anything else, he needs someone to know what he was going through, and understand how he felt. "There is a time in the life of every boy when he for the first ... its gloomy calling. He intends to journey to a major city and get a job at a newspaper. He hopes that his feelings of immaturity will be erased by his importance there. Although it isn't much, it is vital to him that he finds something to be remembered and admired for. George Willard has an intense craving to be different than other men. He wants to amount to something more than every other small town farmer's son. He has a need to prove himself to everyone so that he is given the recognition that he feels he deserves. One of the reasons that he wants this so badly was because ...
- 17466: Aztecs 5
- ... Spaniard and Aztec civilizations were two completely different worlds whose fated encounter caused some surprising reactions from both parties. Neither of these nations knew exactly what to expect or how to react to each other s behaviors. Differences in religion, customs and weaponry became the deciding factors of who would be the dominant aggressor in these encounters. Even though both parties were unsure of what to expect, the Spaniards had already ... had other indigenous people who were allied with the Spanish. The Aztecs must have viewed this as a sign that these strangers would be peaceful since they had others of their kind on the Spaniard s side. La Malinche translated all that Motecuhzoma had said to Cortes. On page sixty-four of The Broken Spears it says, Cortes replied in his strange and savage tongue In other passages in the book ... tell Motecuhzoma that, There is nothing to fear tell him that we love him well and our hearts are contented. He took this to his advantage by lying to him. The Spaniards later grasped Motecuhzoma s hands and patted his back to show affection. The Aztecs were not at all prepared for an onslaught of fighting which would occur later on. The Spaniards knew that they could not take on ...
- 17467: On Line Addiction
- ... praised computers without reservation as an incredible intellectual tool. Only recently have we begun to weed out the hype from the reality and realize that there are unpleasant side effects to computing as well. Webster's Concise Dictionary defines addiction as "a habit so strong that one cannot give it up." We are all aware that people form addictions to many things, from cocaine to gambling. References to alcoholism, "workaholism," even ... either get into a scheduled chat room or to meet a cyber woman. There are many dangers associated with this addiction because internet use is clearly a negative addiction when it significantly affects a person's daily life in a negative way. When obsessive Internet use interferes with family, friends, school, or employment, causing financial, relationship, or physical problems, and continuing despite efforts at control, then it is a serious problem ... for resources to be made readily available. Aside from the one or two notable cases, which receive mention in the occasional Newsweek article, computer addicts are shrugged off as weenies and nerds who simply don't have enough to do with their time. And since none of the negative ramifications of computer abuse are immediate or directly harmful (i.e., as far as we know computing doesn't cause cancer), ...
- 17468: Packaging
- ... is small and easy to hold and the cap is easy to open. In addition, it is made in thick glass so when it drops from the knee down it does not crack, and it¡¯s appearance is attractive to people. Budweiser can is made in different beer quantity from 6 ounces to 24 ounces. Moreover, it encloses different item quantity from case of 6 to case of 24. On the ... in Australia and contains one bottle size and one can size. Foster bottle is large and hard to hold and it is hard to open. In addition, it is made in thin glass so it¡¯s easy to break when it drops. Foster can contains only one beer quantity, which is 6 ounces and doesn¡¯t enclose various options to meet people preferences. In addition, Foster only has one item quantity, which is case of 6 that most people prefer case of 24. Budweiser package is a successful selling product ...
- 17469: To Kill A Mocking Bir
- There were many differences between the To Kill a Mockingbird the movie and the book with the same title and story line. One difference was that the movie didn t show Miss Maudie s house getting burned down, and in the book, Miss Maudies house did burn down. Another was the emotional difference between the movie and the book. The third difference was that in the book, the pageant was described, but the movie did not show the pageant. In the book Miss Maudie s house burned down, while in the movie, it didn t. If the movie had shown Miss Maudie s house getting burned down, it would probably have been more interesting. The second difference was in ...
- 17470: Participative Management
- ... of worker participation. Employee participation can and does raise productivity. The most appropriate form will vary from company to company but participation works only when both parties want it to work. The solution to America s pathetic productivity growth isn t necessarily more capital spending (Lewis & Renn, 1992). People tend to accomplish what they decide they want to accomplish. Ideas, changes, suggestions and recommendations that are generated by the people who implement them stand a much ... that are internationally competitive. If our companies were able to effectively utilize participative management, the advantages could be tremendous. We could be a more productive society in which work contributes to the quality of people s lives. We could again be competitive in international markets, be admired for our management skills, and be a society whose workplaces are a source of pride and power. We might also come much closer ...
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