Background Facts About Vernon Scannell (1922 – 2007) These might help you understand some of the emotions involved in the meaning of the poem. Vernon Scannell was a British born poet. He came from a poor background . He always loved literature‚ but became more seriously involved in it about age 14. His father fought in the First World War‚ and similarly‚ Scannell was swept up by the action of WW2. He always hated Army life and deserted* soon after enlisting in 1940. He was caught and imprisoned
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environment and are one of the top predators in their habitat. There are several characteristics including physical and habitual features that help wood stork survive in their habitat. Name The scientific name of the wood stork is Mycteria Americana (Bio Facts: Wood Stork). Wood storks’ offspring are commonly
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POLYMER DATA HANDBOOK *Home *Browse/Search Contents *Browse by Polymer Class *Browse the Index *Online help Copyright © 1999 by Oxford University Press‚ Inc. EDITED BY JAMES E. MARK‚ UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI PUBLISHED BY OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS The online version of the Polymer Data Handbook includes key data on over two hundred polymers. Please note that entries are presented as PDF files and can only be read using Adobe Acrobat Reader Version 3. If you do not have the freeware reader‚
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Facts about World War 1 World War 1 invokes impressions of a horrific slaughtering that took place in the trenches of the Western Front. While this gruesome picture surely leaves many with nausea‚ there are many World War 1 facts that most of us have no knowledge of. The spark that initiated the war was the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Ferdinand on 28 June 1914. Austria-Hungary blamed Serbia for the assassination and threatened war unless Serbia followed a harsh set of demands. Germany backed
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textile. Cotton is a valuable crop because only about 10% of the raw weight is lost in processing. Once natural wax‚ protein‚ and other unnecessary things are removed‚ what’s left is a natural polymer of pure cellulose. Cellulose is the structural component of the cell walls of green plants‚ many forms of algae and the oomycetes. Some species of bacteria separate it to form biofilms. Cellulose is the most common organic compound on Earth. About 33% of all plant matter is cellulose (the cellulose
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came on in which they were talking about this bizarre mystery house‚ we were living in the bay area at the time and my grandma became very interested they were now doing tours of the house in San Jose California and she wanted to take me and my mom. The house was rumored to be haunted so I didn’t really want any parts of that trip‚ I ended up getting fooled into taking the trip anyway. This was by far the most bizarre place I have ever been too. Before I talk about my trip however I should give you
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Thinking about Cirino The media has always been an important aspect in people’s lives. Everyone always wants to know the latest news and what’s going on in the world. A few decades ago‚ the main forms of communication were newspapers and radio. Now days‚ people have plenty of options to receive news whether from radio‚ cable networks‚ or online. This has opened doors to many media outlets‚ which has created news to be more biased. In a society where information used to be interpreted by few to
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ROBERT G INGERSOLL - FACTS Robert G Ingersoll was one of the most famous agnostics and orators of the 1900’s in the United States of America. This is why he was nicknamed ‘The Great Agnostic of the Golden Age of Freethought’. He was born in the city of Dresden‚ New York on the 11th of August‚ 1833. He was also a lawyer‚ a Civil War veteran‚ Political Leader and an orator during the period of the 1900’s. Robert G Ingersoll was famous for his great speeches and quotes to popularise criticism to the
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I spend most of my weekends either with my family members watching television the entire day and play football in the evening or go for a sleepover at my friend‚ Karim’s‚ house. In fact‚ as long as my memory stretches‚ I have been spending my weekend in this rather unexciting manner until last weekend. That weekend‚ I was in Karim’s house and was introduced to is cousin Jamal. The latter hails from Kelantan and very vivacious personality. He was full of energy‚ enthusiasms and a bit of a dare-devil
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AN INTERESTING CHARACTER. Pale and cold. That was what I first felt when I see her on the first day of school reopen. Despite that ‚ she is very beautiful and attractive. She looks just like those typical japanese dolls with big eyes and long straight black hair with short fringe covered up her forehead . When she smile ‚ is like sunshine after the down pouring rain ‚ especially with the two little dimples on her cheek. Alice is her name ‚ the newly transferred student to our class. She is five
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