In the 1930’s‚ Richard Dogmagk experimented with a red dye called prontosil and found that it had strange healing effects‚ when he injected the dye into mice with severe streptococcus infections‚ they all survived. Dogmagk had discovered the one of the fist antibiotics‚ specifically the first Sulfa drug. When scientists isolated the active part of the prontosil molecule they discovered how it and all sulfa drugs work. Sulfa drugs contain a sulfur atom that has six total bonds (shared electrons)
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Chapter 3‚ Flexible‚ by Richard Sennett‚ “The Corrosion of Character” As a whole‚ Richard Sennett’s book The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism discusses the effect of the flexible capitalist economy on the lives of workers during the 1990s. Chapter 3 focuses mainly on flexibility. Sennett compares the flexibility of a human being to that of a tree‚ whereby‚ the tree has the capacity both to yield and to recover‚ from both the testing and the restoration
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negative things such as the Watergate Scandal and the fact that he was one of the few presidents to be impeached. While these are important aspects of his presidency‚ it is only right that Nixon’s accomplishments should be addressed as well. Richard Nixon was a president associated with controversy and deceit; however he was regarded as an able and versatile politician‚ so the grade that he receives is a B- . The first real major event Nixon has to deal with is the Vietnam War. Nixon knew
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Reflect cultural awareness in work practice Contents Demonstrate awareness of culture as a factor in all human behaviour by using culturally appropriate work practicesUse work practices that create a culturally and psychologically safe environment for all personsReview and modify work practices in consultation with people from diverse backgrounds People who identify with a particular culture have a lot of things in common‚ eg food‚ traditional costumes‚ music and so on. However‚ there are also
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sophisticated and well-mannered way‚ such as ” Good afternoon Mr. Ahmed‚ how are you feeling today?” Whereas if you are meeting your bestfriend‚ the language you speak turns more into slang‚ such as ”Hey bro‚ what’s up?” Therefore the way language reflects me is that when I have to have a conversation with a person‚ I carefuly choose the style I am going to speak in depending on who the person is and in which environment I am in while speaking to the person. Therefore‚ I also have various ways and
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In this essay‚ Richard Dyer takes a look into the ways race is handled by the media. For the most part‚ race is a term that’s only applied to non-white people. White people are not racially seen. The media tends to see whites as the human norm‚ which is far from the truth when you look at the numbers. This is a product of Western media‚ which penetrates its way into books‚ films‚ museums‚ television‚ etc. As Dyer writes‚ “At the level of racial representation… whites are not of a certain race;
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sat there‚ reminiscing about my life‚ awaiting my breath to leave my body. The sound ‘Is someone there’ broke the silence. I was overjoyed at the existence of another voice like me. I thought it was another person‚ which then I figured out it was Richard Parker. I made a shocking discovery that this seemingly well trained tiger who has been raised in the zoo since it was cub shared one same trait as the murderous cook‚ he killed a man and a women once in his life. How could he? I was so proud to explain
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The fact that the audience works in tandem with the actors on stage to dethrone Richard—or at least desire this dethronement—means they have some power‚ even if that is just the power of judgment. Phyllis Rackin argues that audience members play just as great a role in judging and misjudging characters within Richard II as any character within the stage. She acknowledges‚ “There is an extra role in the play not listed in the dramatis personae‚ a carefully calculated role complete with motivations…designed
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In Richard Wilbur’s Juggler‚ the speaker uses poetic elements such as imagery‚ word choice‚ and tone. Through these poetic elements we can infer that Wilbur uses imagery to show he’s intently watching the jugglers performance. He uses word choice because he’s speaking about the juggler in high regards. The author also uses tone to express the excitement the speaker deals during the juggler’s act. Imagery is used in multiple points around the text and is possibly the most important poetic
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In “If” by Richard Kipling‚ he concludes the poem by saying‚ “And—which is more—you’ll be a Man‚ my son!” (Kipling 32). Kipling states that if the person the poem features follows his advice‚ that he will become a man. Encyclopaedia Britannica defines adulthood as‚
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