Why is the sky blue? The blue color of the sky is due to Rayleigh scattering. As light moves through the atmosphere‚ most of the longer wavelengths pass straight through. Little of the red‚ orange and yellow light is affected by the air. However‚ much of the shorter wavelength light is absorbed by the gas molecules. The absorbed blue light is then radiated in different directions. It gets scattered all around the sky. Whichever direction you look‚ some of this scattered blue light reaches you. Since
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A set of relationships that I thought were very similar was George and Lennie’s relationship compared to Sonny and Mr.Bykovski. Both of these relationships involve a strong friendship that results in sacrifice. For Sonny and Mr.Bykovski’s relationship Mr.Bykovski had to sacrifice his safe job and go work in the mines just so that he could make the rocket shells for Sonny’s early rockets. For George and Lennie’s relationship George had to sacrifice his happiness and some of his freedom to stay with
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Baby Blues is quite common and is experienced after giving birth to a child. It can be felt by mothers‚ soon to be mothers and even fathers. Although a new child is a happy and exciting time it is also a time with a large amount of change and this can be very stressful. It is very common for his to be experienced within the first ten days after giving birth. While it is not always very sever it can turn into postnatal depression which can be very serious. What causes it? Baby Blues are
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Blue‚ the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania [PA] reversed the decision of the Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas that had entered an order requiring a father to contribute $4‚600 a year towards his son’s college expenses. In addition to the award of support‚ the trial court had mandated that the son apply for financial aid to compensate for the difference in the tuition costs. The Court recognized in Blue that even though it was not a typical issue of
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Ragtime was a very influential part of the development of jazz. Ragtime became very popular in the late 1800’s. Ragtime’s distinct style set it apart from the other genres. Syncopation is what defines this art form. This is when the loud accents fall in between the beats. Anything that is syncopated is basically ragtime. One of the most important ragtime composers was Scott Joplin. Like all great artists‚ Joplin did not restrict himself to this favored art form. Both before the advent of
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Managerial Marketing Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim The second part describes the four principles of blue ocean strategy formulation: how to create uncontested market space by reconstructing market boundaries‚ focusing on the big picture‚ reaching beyond existing demand and getting the strategic sequence right. These four formulation principles address how an organization can create blue oceans by looking across the six conventional boundaries of competition (Six Paths Framework)
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The Blue Bead N O R A H B U R K E From deep water came the crocodile. Out of black water‚ curved with whirlpools‚ and into the frill of gold shallows by the stepping-stones. He was twice the length of a tall man; and inside him‚ among the stones which he had swallowed to aid digestion‚ rolled a silver bracelet. Timber was being floated down this great Indian river from forests further up‚ and there were sleepers lying stuck around the stones until someone came to dislodge them and send
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Prompt # 2‚ Essay # 3 In Sonny’s Blues the theme‚ symbols‚ characters‚ and motifs all combine together to create a literary masterpiece that describes the importance of unity amongst family and the turbulent life of African-Americans living in Harlem‚ New York in the 1950’s. This story is written in a chronological thought process of experiences the narrator has seen while growing up and the memories of his family‚ mostly of his brother Sonny. The story is about Sonny’s journey‚ told
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In ¡°The Blue Hotel‚¡± Stephen Crane uses various provocative techniques to ensure that the setting adds to the richness of the story. ¡°The Blue Hotel¡± is set in a cold Nebraska town at the Palace Hotel in the late 1800¡¯s‚ but there is more to setting than just when and where a story takes place. In a written work‚ it is the author¡¯s job to vividly depict events in order to keep the reader¡¯s attention and to create colorful mental images of places‚ objects‚ or situations. The story is superbly
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Sometimes‚ individual gets the specific idea of the text and sometimes get the opposite. The only way to be certain about being right or wrong is to have secondary sources about that piece. One of the story that will be discussed in this essay is Sonny’s Blue by James Baldwin. This story is about kind of having higher expecting for one brother which gave the opposite outcome‚ Older brother started to regret about rejecting Sony’s decision when he realized Sony was made of music. Leaving Sonny’s family
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