states that plants respire at a faster rate if they are exposed to wind‚ opposed to no wind. This was tested by putting one plant in water in front of a fan and the other plant in water‚ but with no fan. The results showed that the plant in front of the fan transpired more. However‚ since the plant blew cold air it affected the rate of transpiration and altered the experiment. Overall‚ this experiment supports the hypothesis that wind makes plants transpire more.
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The similarities in Rufus and Kevin’s actions reflect the never-ending cycle of oppression that continues on even as time goes by. Dana is constantly being oppressed due to her gender and is looked down on by Kevin and Rufus. Rufus and Kevin’s action reflect the idea that women were and are still inferior to men. In the antebellum south‚ Dana must deal with the segregation that comes with being an African American and a woman. Similarly in her present time‚ Dana is still being silenced due to her
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Introduction: The novel “The Divine Wind” written by Gary Disher is a novel that presents the readers the conflicts that occur throughout the history of mankind and were all caused by the racial prejudice. The years of 1940’s in the chaotic times of Australia where it was filed with war and hatred in which many lives and loved once and families was destroyed. This novel is a good example of a historical setting. It also shown us the prevalence of racial prejudice that result to hardship between
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"Ode to the West Wind‚" Shelley invokes Zephyrus‚ the west wind‚ to free his "dead thoughts" and words‚ "as from an unextinguished hearth / Ashes and sparks" (63‚ 66-67)‚ in order to prophesy a renaissance among humanity‚ "to quicken a new birth" (64). This ode‚ one of a few personal lyrics published with his great verse drama‚ "Prometheus Unbound‚" identifies Shelley with his heroic‚ tormented Titan. By stealing fire from heaven‚ Prometheus enabled humanity to found civilization. In punishment‚
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The authoritative figure in this case is the king‚ and the victim is the psychologist. Although the psychologist knows that keeping an innocent man locked in a cage for experimental purposes is morally wrong‚ he eventually adapts to the idea after the experiment has taken place for several days. The psychologist succumbed to the kings dissolute plan and become a victim. Another example‚ is when I made the transition
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“When you’re through learning‚ you’re through” – Will Rodgers. The book‚ Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee‚ takes place in a small town in the heart of Tennessee‚ Hillsboro‚ and the Bible Belt in the 1920’s. The play covers one of the first evolution v. religion cases in the South. A teacher named Bertham Cates thought the teachings of Darwin were fascinating. Even though it was outlawed to teach evolution‚ he decided to teach his students the teachings. Not soon after‚ he finds
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COLLEGE UHI 12 INSTRUMENTATION OF A WIND TUNNEL PROJECT BEng(Hons) Gaurab Ghosal ABSTRACT The wind tunnel being built in Scone airport is a closed loop wind tunnel. On completion this will provide a much needed facility for education purpose as it can be used by engineering students for aerodynamic evaluations. To conduct these evaluation proper evaluating tools needs to be setup. In this section the possible instruments that can be setup in this wind tunnel has been evaluated with Matlab
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A Series of Unfortunate Events: A High Wind in Jamaica In most of their literary works‚ a significant percentage of novelists aim at presenting to the reader important information in the most effective ways. To attain this‚ they explore a host of literary devices and develop their plots with utmost coherence. The ideas that they present are in most instances reflective of the social and economic scenarios that are apparent in their respective settings. Just like other renowned novelists‚ Richard
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Kevin Ware was a young college basketball player with the Louisville Cardinals who aspired to be the best on the court. During a game against Duke‚ he suffered a grisly fracture to his right leg; it was one of the most horrifying sports injuries we’ve ever seen. The break is more common in bad motorcycle accidents. For his injury and to assist him coping with the injury‚ I would consider starting an individual performance skills training program to help him overcome some setbacks that he is
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Kevin Gannon argues that ¨We are the product of history that our ancestors chose‚ if weŕe white. If we are black‚ we are the products of history that our ancestors most likely did not choose.¨ In this quote Gannon is saying that Blacks have never been able to choose how their life goes. They have always had choices that were given to them by whites or choices that were somehow influenced by whites. I agree with the 13th documentary when it concludes that politicians and other big name white figures
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