petroleum has been collected in Burmah for at least 16 centuries. It is used by the inhabitants for light and fuel. The product obtained at the present time‚ from 520 wells‚ is said to be 420‚000 hogsheads annually. In the United States‚ petroleum is not‚ as many suppose‚ a new discovery. Years ago springs of it were known at many localities‚ but its use was very limited. No method of purifying it was known‚ so that it was looked upon as valueless‚ and several wells bored for salt water were abandoned
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attacked by the propaganda while others were a target audience. The Nazi’s used many different forms of propaganda such as the media‚ news‚ education‚ radio‚ speeches‚ posters and ever postage stamps to reach and influence as many people as they possibly could. They had control over all things‚ and often filtered the news from the German people‚ so they only heard what the Nazi’s wanted them to hear. All these methods helped influence the German people to feel and believe what
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In this stimulating true story‚ Kaysen speaks of her experience as an eighteen-year-old patient in a psychiatric hospital in the late 1960’s. "People ask‚ how did you get in there? What they really want to know is if they are likely to end up in there as well. I can’t answer the real question. All I can tell them is‚ it’s easy" (pg. 5). The doctor who referred her diagnosed her with a borderline personality disorder within twenty minutes of interviewing her. The doctor also perceived her as
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USE OF MOBILE PHONES FOR WHO UNDER AGE 18 -You can keep in contact with your friends and family! -With a camera phone‚ you can capture memories! -You can use it for emergencies when you have no money or in need of help! -It’s easy to keep! -You can connect to the Internet! -You can check your emails! -It can be used worldwide! Gossip is not a trivial pastime: it is essential to human social‚ psychological and even physical well-being. Mobile gossip is good for us Gossip is the human equivalent
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dissonant but when they do enter into the realm of consonance‚ even if it’s only very briefly‚ it creates a striking and noticeable contrast. Underpinning these contrasting elements are theoretical intricacies‚ which are all expressed through Shostakovich’s creative and emotive use of instrumentation. Unlike many other aspects of musical composition‚ instrumentation isn’t as beholden to theoretical rules around structure and
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An assessment of various research methodologies‚ assessing why a researcher might use these research methodologies and why a researcher might not use the research methodologies. Including whether research methodologies is influenced by ethical principles‚ validity and reliability is included. There are two main types of sampling which a researcher could use for their research project: random sampling and snowball sampling. A random sample is where the research questionnaire‚ interview etc. is handed
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“The Uses of Poverty: The Poor Pay for All” * Herbert J. Gans Poverty is a persistent social phenomenon. A functional analysis (Robert Merton) of poverty may explain positive functions as to why such phenomenon continues to persist‚ as seen by Herbert J. Gans’ study‚ “The Uses of Poverty: The Poor Pay for All”‚ which expresses thirteen positive functions of poverty and further expresses its consistency with the functionalist perspective. In society‚ everything goes hand in hand‚ the rich need
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have been hindered by lack of research data on how people use electricity in their homes during the course of the day. But for the past two years‚ one U.S. university has attacked the problem directly. Students and faculty conducting energy and smart grid research at the University of Texas have had access to a treasure trove of knowledge found nowhere else on earth: billions of time-stamped data records from the Pecan Street Research Institute’s original field research that measure minute-to-minute
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“How To Use Your Chain Of Command" Why it is important to follow proper instruction procedures in the military is for many reasons. As a soldier it is our responsibility to not only follow instruction/orders‚ but to execute the command. Not following orders can result into consequences not only for the soldier whom committed not following instructions‚ but also it can put others at risk too. Like your N.C.O. in charge of you‚ to your Team Leader‚ to your Section Sergeant‚ to your Platoon Sergeant
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