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Simple Rational Explanation Providing Just Enough Information Vivaldi
1,519 wordsIn Ann Radcliffe's "The Italian", the very first thing that we see described is a veiled woman: "It was in the church of San Lorenzo at Naples, in the year 1758, that Vincent di Vivaldi first saw Ellena di Rosalba. The sweetness and fine expression of her voice attracted his attention to her figure, which had a distinguished air of delicacy and grace; but her face was concealed in her veil. So much was he fascinated by the voice, that a most painful curiosity was excited as to her countenance, w...
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Road Salt And The Environment
1,465 wordsAs awareness for pollution increases, other less noticed types of pollution are recognized. Almost everyone knows about toxic waste and carbon dioxide pollution, but not many people have heard of salt pollution. Salt pollution has been on the increase since the evolution of the automobile. With more pressure on government agencies to keep the highway clear and safe, an increase in the use of salt has developed. It is important to understand why salt is used and how it work as well as the environ...
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Animal Rights Movement Vitamin B 12
1,194 wordsVegetarianism is the limitation of ones diet to only plants, vegetables, grains, and fruits, without eating any food derived from an animal. There are different extremes of vegetarianism, where you can eat dairy, but not eggs, only milk, etc And the reasons why people convert to this diet differ. Health, religion, compassion for the animals, it usually varies. Vegetarianism has been around for centuries, beginning with the peaceful Hindu and Buddhist religions, but recently we have seen the erup...
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Simple Rational Explanation Providing Just Enough Information Vivaldi
1,511 wordsIn Ann Radcliffe's "The Italian", the very first thing that we see described is a veiled woman: "It was in the church of San Lorenzo at Naples, in the year 1758, that Vincent di Vivaldi first saw Ellena di Rosalba. The sweetness and fine expression of her voice attracted his attention to her figure, which had a distinguished air of delicacy and grace; but her face was concealed in her veil. So much was he fascinated by the voice, that a most painful curiosity was excited as to her countenance, w...
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Santa Claus Emotional Appeal
1,827 wordsEvery society has mythology. In some societies, it's religion. Our religion is consumerism. Ellen Weis, San Francisco's Museum of Modern Mythology Consumerism fuels the capitalist fire. In a capitalist society, the goal is to make money, by whatever means possible, exploiting whichever potential weakness that might exist. The human race is one with a wild imagination, and this wild imagination, though a great strength, can, like all great strengths, serve as a potential weakness. It is our imagi...
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Yellow Throated Toucan Tail Is Nearly Square Bill
936 wordsToucan is the Brazilian name for a bird of the family, Ramphastidae, with approximately 42 different species of the bird. These peculiar birds belong to the order Piciformes, whose members have feet with the first and fourth toes reversed and are all cavity nester's. The toucan is an unusual looking bird, characterized by an enormous but light-weight bill, that has many useful qualities. Most species, posts a brilliant solid or multi-colored bill. They live in the tropical and subtropical forest...
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Natural Selection And Diseases
1,383 wordsCystic fibrosis, Tay-Sachs, and hypertension are three very different, yet deadly diseases. The question arises how these diseases have survived for so long. Three articles attempt to uncover the mystery behind these diseases. It has been found that there were benefits to each of these diseases, which allowed the allele to remain in the community for such a long period of time. Natural selection plays a large part in the success of these conditions. First, cystic fibrosis has been found to be pr...
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Fire Department Water Supply
1,308 words... ions that took place throughout the fire ravaged area. Along the eastern ridge of the fire, many high voltage power lines were burnt which eliminated power to homes in the surrounding communities and also presented complications with the fire department's electrically run hydrant system pumps. The fire companies resorted to using water from local swimming pools to put out some of the encroaching flames instead of using the pumped water from the hydrants. Fatigue, injury, and a feeling of vul...
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Be More Educated On Oral Hygiene
1,791 wordsBe More Educated On Oral Hygiene Maintaining good oral hygiene is one of the most important things everyone can do for his or her teeth and gums. Healthy teeth not only enable you to look and feel good, they make it possible to eat and speak properly. Good oral hygiene results in a mouth that looks and smells healthy. By the way, this can become a crucial factor in ones everyday communication. Moreover, good oral health is extremely important to peoples overall well-being because its poor state ...
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Police Officers Domestic Violence
1,517 wordsPolice Stress Police stress is the phenomenon that only became very common in recent times. Nowadays, even the slightest accident has the potential of turning in violent confrontation. For example, the term road rage was unheard of even back in seventies, now its a reality of every big city in America. Also there were never any school shootings, which now became almost fashionable, thanks to Hollywood movies that unwillingly promote them. Even twenty years ago, it was a common practice for polic...
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Bird Flu Vs West Nile Virus
1,808 wordsBird flu vs. West Nile Virus Nowadays people all over the word, especially in America and Asia are suffering from dangerous diseases that are communicated from animals to people. Two of them are bird flu are West Nile virus. In this paper these diseases will be described and compared. The disease known as "bird flu" is the infectious disease of birds caused by one of the A type flu virus strains, which is similar to a virus of the usual human flu. Scientists assume that the key role in infection...
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Gay And Lesbian People With Aids
2,232 wordsThe community I chose to research is the Gay and Lesbian community. I chose to look at this community because, as I meet more and more people in my life, I have found that I come into contact with many Gay and Lesbian people, and to understand their issues, would be beneficial to a social worker. As Berkman and Zinberg (1997), states, social workers are susceptible to absorbing the explicit and implicit biases held by mainstream society. I personally feel that the more you learn about other comm...
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Turn Of The Century Vast Majority
1,608 wordsThe nineteenth century in the US had an unmistakable theme, immigration. Over 20 million immigrants, mostly European, came to the United States between 1820 and 1900. They came for a variety of reasons. Most came because the economies of many European countries were in crisis and workers had a very hard time finding work. As well, some fled religious and cultural persecution. Most of them decided to come to the US because of the opportunities they had heard abounded in the US. One immigrant put ...
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Boys And Girls Sexual Abuse
2,122 wordsProstitution is an activity as old as humanity, and for many it is a subject that invokes feelings of disgust, revulsion, and pure evil. Especially, when our young people become involved in such a life style. This report will analyze the types of children who are susceptible, and resort to prostitution. How one starts out in prostitution, the lifestyles that they lead, the social-psychological effects, and treatment. Every year approximately 200, 000 to 400, 000 teenagers (boys and girls) become...
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