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- 21311: Ebonics
- By: T. Duncan E-mail: Duncthebassist@aol.com Ebonics, or Black English, was recently a controversial topic in the United States, when the Oakland School District school board attempted to classify ebonics as a completely different language ... far more than older blacks. Black people nowadays use Black English more than the older generation because they feel more pride in their heritage and culture because of the equality movements back in the 60's. There are still obviously people who think of Ebonics as inferior or improper English though. Ebonics is not improper or inferior, it is simply a variation on Standard English. It is clear that Ebonics has ... for Black English are unconventional, but sometimes they are more convenient and make more sense than the SAE we use on a daily basis and learn in school. Some people argue that Black English doesn't have any grammatical rules Some are not more or less convenient, they are just unique. In Black English, the linking verb, or copula, is often omitted. Instead of saying "He is going", Ebonics rules ...
- 21312: The World They Made Together
- ... molded both cultures’ perceptions and values as a united religious entity. Religion in seventeenth century Virginia changed dramatically due to the closeness of the Afro-American and lower class Virginian cultures. To expand on Sobel’s thesis, the Great Awakening of eighteenth century Virginia served as a catalyst to amalgamate the values and morals of these black and white cultures. Many similarities between the traditional African and British cultures existed prior ... British cultures, it is important to make a distinction between the upper or elite British class and lower British class. The major separation between these two classes is through their understanding of time. The elitist’s theory on time involved the use of mechanical tools to measure the exact passage of time to insure its proper and productive utilization. This rationalization of one’s time was carried over and kept alive through the handful of elite Virginians. This is best illustrated in the way Thomas Jefferson chose to run his household. He "sought to teach proper use of ...
- 21313: Acid Rain 3
- ... is caused by extra amounts of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. Natural sources of sulphur oxides and nitrogen oxides do exist, but are balanced by nature. Normal rain reacts with alkaline chemicals from the region's bedrock that are in the air, soils, lakes, and streams. This neutralizes the rain. However, if rain is more highly acidic, then the natural neutralizing chemicals can eventually become depleted. This is what is happening ... of fossil fuels the balance is being upset. Now instead of freezing with too little gases the opposite is happening. The increasing gases are causing a gradual increase in temperature. Warming the earth over 100’s of years. This rise in temperature will melt the polar ice caps causing many coastal lands to go under water. Also the climate in many areas will be effected. Southern Canada and the Northern U.S will be come a desert like climate whereas northern Canada will be that of a tropical climate. Ozone The earth’s atmosphere has 3 layers, the troposphere, stratosphere, and ionosphere. In the stratosphere at ...
- 21314: American Crocodile
- ... upper jaw from below as they grow (2 List). These teeth are one of the major differences between crocodiles and alligators. A not so recognizable difference between the American crocodile and alligator is the crocodile¡¦s ability to regulate saltwater balance in their body. Crocodiles maintain salt concentrations in their body fluid at the typical level of other vertebrates, which is about one-third that of seawater (52). ¡§The osmoregulatory problems ... their temperatures. Body temperature can also be adjusted by shunting blood towards or away from their surface. ¡§As crocodiles cool the superficial blood vessels constrict, thereby limiting the amount of heat loss at the animal¡¦s surface and maintaining a steady core temperature¡¨ (25). [Another temperature-regulating strategy is mud bathing, which provides another layer of insulation against extremes in environmental temperatures] (51 Ross). The American crocodile is found in subtropical ... number of reservoirs¡¨ (1 Species). ¡§In Florida, C. acutus can be found in mangrove swamps and saltwater marshes with sandy, undisturbed high spots¡¨ (10B Sun-sentinel). ¡§South Florida is the northern end of [C. acutus¡¦s] range. Historically, crocodiles have lived in Florida from Cape Sable to Lake Worth in Palm Beach County, and fewer numbers, up to Sanibel on the west coast. The largest population in Florida has always ...
- 21315: Acid Rain 5
- ... decreases in available resources) and lower reproductive success. 6) How does acid deposition affect human health? · We eat food, drink water, and breathe air that has come in contact with acid deposition. · Canadian and U.S. studies indicate that there is a link between this pollution and respiratory problems in sensitive populations such as children and asthmatics. · Acid deposition can increase the levels of toxic metals such as aluminum, copper, and ... travel from southwest to northeast. Thus, pollutants emitted from sources in the industrial heartland of the midwestern states and central Canada regularly fall on the more rural and comparatively pristine areas of the northeastern U.S. and south eastern Canada. ANNUAL REPORT ON THE FEDERAL-PROVINCIAL AGREEMENTS FOR THE EASTERN CANADA ACID RAIN PROGRAM, 1996 The Eastern Canada Acid Rain Program provides us with the 1996 emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2 ... emissions. Quebec was 30 percent below their limit, New Brunswick 40 percent, and Ontario 25 percent. Manitoba had a slight increase but still managed to settle at 20 percent below the limit. In 1996, smelter's accounted for 52 percent of sulphur dioxide emissions in Eastern Canada while fossil fueled-power plants accounted for another 16 percent. The recent emission rates and provincial targets are shown in Table 1. Table ...
- 21316: New Passages: Living Life On The Edge
- New Passages: Living Life On The Edge Think about what comes to someone’s mind when you use the phrase “Living life on the edge.” More often than not, one would assume that you were speaking about a person who is a risk-taker. Perhaps they would think of ... in our lives to only those moments when we are at the top of the mountain. Karl Rahner refers to God as always being on our horizon. The use of this metaphor suggests that God’s presence is found only when we have reached the mountain summit. Yet, this greatly limits God’s presence in our life. Most people have often felt the presence of God in the deepest, lowest corners of thier lives. These experiences are also considered your horizons. A time to make changes in ...
- 21317: The Great Gatsby: “The love of money is the root of all evil"
- ... exception. This is foolish because everything has an exception. The real question is whether or not it is true for most things. If it has too many exceptions, then the statement is not true. One’s interpretation of the quote depends mostly on the definition of “evil” that is used. A dictionary defines evil as morally bad or wrong; wicked; harmful or injurious. Words that come to mind when thinking of ... because they are uncomfortable. People that have been brought up the same with the same advantages and disadvantages find it easier to relate to each other. No amount of love for Gatsby could overcome Daisy’s love of money and possessions. Many friendships and relationships that might have been remarkable, are be ruined by money. It is extremely hard for a person to spend time with another who has grown up ... ever wanted. While the more fortunate person may not be thinking about it, the less fortunate person feels inferior. The backgrounds of the people are so different that they just cannot comprehend how the other’s life works. If this barrier was not there, a friendship could have easily blossomed. Greed is something that seems to come along wherever money is. Some people just cannot get enough money and they ...
- 21318: Chlamydia 2
- ... the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, hence the name; Chlamydia The word chlamys is Greek for "cloak draped around the shoulder.” This describes how the intracytoplasmic inclusions caused by the bacterium are "draped" around the infected cell's nucleus. Scientists discovered the organism in 1907, although it probably has been infecting people for hundreds of years. Because the symptoms of the disease resemble other pathologies, chlamydia was not recognized as a sexually transmitted ... since the organism is an obligate intracellular parasite that exclusively infects humans (it cannot synthesize its own ATP or grow on artificial medium), it was once thought to be a virus.(Hatch) Because of Chlamydia's unique developmental cycle, it was taxonomically classified in a separate order. It can thus be found with the other well-known intracellular parasites, rickettsiae, in diagnostic manuals. Until recently, however, there were no reliable and ... vagina, urethra, rectum or mouth. The chief mode of transmission is sexual intercourse-oral, anal or genital. The infection can be present for long periods of time, even years, without any signs of infection. It's particularly common among teens and young adults. Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), which can be caused by chlamydia, is a leading cause of infertility when left untreated. Chlamydia is usually easy to treat. However, most ...
- 21319: The Sign Of The Moonbow
- ... hated more fiercely than Cormac did. Cormac was a pirate, Thulsa was evil. Cormac hated Thulsa more than he hated the everyone in the world combined, for Thulsa had plagued his family for centuries. Cormac's only goal in life was to bring an end to this evil, but he could not kill it himself because, "...he could not be slain, for he was not truly alive (6)." Thulsa could only be brought to an end by a crowned woman, a queen of her land. There was believed to be no such person, but Cormac's quest was to find one so he could rid the world of his eight thousand year old enemy. Cormac's first development occurred when he had witnessed a young girl get raped by four very large men. Cormac had never hurt the defenseless before, let alone rape a young woman. He felt a slight ...
- 21320: A Medical And Moral Look At Ectopic Pregnancy
- ... of the ovary and starts its journey down the fallopian tube is remarkable. The process by which the sperm manage to scurry their way to meet the egg through the hostile environment of a woman’s body isanother great accomplishment of the human body. The fact that, in the majority of cases, the egg and sperm meet, join, and find their way into the uterus and set up the beginning of ... hematocrit levels. Testing and diagnosing an ectopic pregnancy is actually difficult, because an answer to the problem is not always clear cut, nor is it always available right away. The hCG levels in the woman’s body may be tested to check the rate of increase in them over the pregnancy. They normally double about every two days in anormal pregnancy. But this alone is not a conclusive indicator of an ... pregnancy or have another medical reasonto not use the chemical process. This is a process in which the section of the fallopian tube in which the baby is embedded is completely removed from the mother’s body. This removal of the tube causes the mother to only have one functioning fallopian tube for use in future pregnancies. It may be necessary, especially when the tube ruptures or if there is ...
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