Economically‚ the Civil War was not a contest between equals. The South had no factories to produce guns or ammunition‚ and its railroads were small and not interconnected‚ meaning that it was hard for the South to move food‚ weapons‚ and men quickly over long distances. In addition‚ though agriculture thrived in the South‚ planters focused on cash crops like tobacco and cotton and did not produce enough food crops to feed the southern population (“Economy” 2004). The North‚ on the other hand‚ had enough
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Descriptive Essay Longing for a Winter Wonderland The cold‚ freezing‚ frostbitten wind that nips at your nose and fingertips carrying little snowflakes‚ makes all your troubles go away. Fingers and toes are numb‚ but it’s a satisfying feeling. It’s one of the wonderful things about the winter season. Bundled up like a little kid in your cozy pajamas‚ getting ready for bed brings back delightful memories; memories of when your mother and father would tuck you in and say goodnight‚ before turning
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devil in “Paradise Lost” has on the psyche makes him a more effective villain than the three monsters in “Beowulf”. Both epic tales culminate into a battle where the rulers‚ God and Hrothgar‚ call upon the heroes‚ Christ and Beowulf‚ to defeat the villains‚ the devil and the monsters. Each epic merges Christian and traditional elements of the tales that include kings‚ heroes‚ villains‚ honor and loyalty. “Beowulf” was not available during the time Milton was writing “Paradise Lost” even so‚ parallels
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demanding and mistreating their workers. The owner of the workers refuse for their workers to have long periods of breaks for water even when the temperature is high outside. When the workers try to slip away just to drink water and get fluids running in their bodies the owner sees them slip away and points his gun in the direction and start shooting to scare the workers. In the first section “The Lost Year‚” signifies the struggle it is to keep up with the track of time. The character in the story
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NPAD2004 MODULE LEADER: jane smith TITLE: LONG TERM CONDITIONS WORD COUNT: 2122 The aim of this essay is to define a long term condition (LTC) and explain why this is important for nurses. Common symptoms may accompany many LTC’s and how these are treated‚ along with the impact on patient and carer
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The Long Road to Recovery 1 The Long Road to Recovery‚ From a Hopeless State of Mind and Body Michael A White ENG 211 Professor Geoff Pope March 14‚ 2010 The Long Road to Recovery 2 The Long Road to Recovery‚ From a Hopeless State of Mind and Body Alcoholism and the disease of addiction have been viewed in two strong yet completely different ends of the spectrum for as long as men and women have been losing control of how much and when they drink. One end of the spectrum is
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The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum Knowing about the writer of a literary text can shape significantly the way that it is read. Consider the effect of the writer’s context on your understanding of The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum. "As a writer of fiction Böll was interpreting history‚ creating patterns of meaning‚ ordering his material to enable his reader to make sense of it." The experiences of Böll and his values that arose from these events have been influential on the content and themes of
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World War 1: The Lost Generation On November 11th‚ 1918‚ the first Great War‚ World War 1‚ came to an end. Two hundred thousand American soldiers lost their lives. Those who were fortunate enough to make it back home had lost their spirits. Their generation had to suffer the brutality‚ hypocrisy‚ disillusionment and alienation of this war. Their generation is known as the Lost Generation‚ yet the painful memories of that war remained with them for no one to understand. World
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These days the World is shifting from mass marketing to personal service‚ from focus on mainstream products to popularity of unique and personalized goods. This principle is reflected in the Long Tail theory‚ which explains phenomenon of why revenue from total quantity of items‚ which are out of top positions‚ outnumbers greatly the one brought by a relatively short list of “hits”. Sellers of all kinds are no longer limited by physical space of stores when operating in a virtual environment. Neither
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Long Flashover Arresters 1 What I’ll be presenting… Introduction to lightning and lightning arresters What are Long Flashover Arresters? Why do we need them? How do they work? What are their types? 2 What is a lightning stroke? It is an electric discharge between ◦ Cloud and earth ◦ Cloud and cloud ◦ Charge centers of the same cloud 3 Lightning stroke waveform 4 Types of lightning strokes Direct Stroke Indirect Stroke 5 What does lightning
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