Lightening and sparks from motors also convert oxygen to ozone (Brunnee 3). ... It burns human skin and it damages eyes. ... Increases in melanoma, "which is a deadly human skin cancer" will result from the depletion of the ozone (Cagin 9). Scientists have estimated that if the amount of ozone continues to decrease, 100,000 more skin cancer cases will appear in the United States each year (Cagin 9 ). The government estimated, even before more recent evidence was obtained, that ozone depletion would cause, "twelve million Americans to get skin cancer over the next 50 years (Cagin 10). ...

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I then realized how there are endless things that can make a person happy--a lot of things that can make a person smile, a lot of things that can lighten up a person's day. ... I appreciate the wind tickling my skin. ... The people who cheer me up lightens up my mood even though I do not show it. ...

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Even though she carries a beautiful western name, her dark skin cannot betray her to be a black African. ... Beatrice also tries to hide her African identity "her dark skin, by applying a skin-lightening cream called Ambi. She believes that Ambi can help her to rub out her African identity as she thinks that her black skin represents black shame' and ugly sins'. To her, rubbing out the black skin means to get rib of all the shame, which is shared by all black Africans. ... They always went for a girl with an Ambi-lightened skin and head covered with a wig made in imitation of ...

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The next stanza portrays the violence involved in the intrusion of these westerners by describing their weapons and comparing them to lightening and thunder. ... Dipoko uses one simple image which is that their clothes have changed from real leopard skin to prints of fake lions. ...

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In the next stanza, Byron writes, One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o"er her face; Where thoughts serenely sweet express How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. ... The soft cheeks, the winning smile, the tints in the skin eloquently express not only physical beauty, but they also compliment her morality. ... II One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o"er her face; Where thoughts serenely s...

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The image of a woman with worms crawling through her untouched skin is morbid and completely out of context if it were meant as a sincere love letter. ... There seems to be a sense of truth to his words when he says, "while the youthful hue sits on they skin like morning dew, and while thy willing soul transpires at every pore with instant fires" (436). ... Yet, when he discusses her soul he only mentions it in relation to her skin. He devalues her by implying her soul is only skin deep when saying "while thy willing soul transpires" as if her soul could seep out through her pores (436). ....

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As he speaks, his light, almost joking, voice is able to lighten the aftermath of the murder scene and when he speaks to Samuel, he could be seen as a person who could take short cuts (i.e. he calls Samuel Sam' after Rachael calls him Samuel') but as someone who can be understanding, especially towards a small boy who has seen something awful. ... He had dark skin?'). ...

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As a baby, we identify our families by their individual scents, we are calmed by their heartbeats, and we learn the feel and pattern of their skin through skin-to-skin contact. Skin-to-skin contact is important for fathers as well as it is mothers. ... Studies suggest that fathers taking paternity leave lighten up the household, increase positive emotions, and are less likely to divorce (Steingrimsdottir and Hardardottir). ...

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"Cutaneous anthrax is transmitted when someone is handling contaminated wool, hides leather, or hair products of infected animals, and the anthrax spores enter through a cut or an abrasion on the skin" (Regush, Carpenter). "The skin infection then turns into a raised itchy bump that is dark in color and resembles an insect bite. ... America should not lighten up on security just because no cases of anthrax or any other type of terrorism have been discovered. ...

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"Cutaneous anthrax is transmitted when someone is handling contaminated wool, hides leather, or hair products of infected animals, and the anthrax spores enter through a cut or an abrasion on the skin" (Regush, Carpenter). "The skin infection then turns into a raised itchy bump that is dark in color and resembles an insect bite. ... America should not lighten up on security just because no cases of anthrax or any other type of terrorism have been discovered. ...

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Ayurveda- New Delhi, India- beauty, skin products Company's Vision- Combii Organochem's (company's creator) philosophy of activating the body to help itself, so that healing and correction can take place from within, continues to spearhead the company, to attain with its Herbline range of products, a greater level of product improvement, quality enhancement and customer satisfaction. - taken from www.herbline.com Ayurveda is a product line made by Herbline, which creates beauty, skin and hair products. ... With these strong values I also find it interesting that Ayurveda m...

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Snakes Snakes are the most modern of reptiles but perhaps the least understood reptiles. Most people are afraid of snakes, even those with an educated understanding of the environment and nature. This is unfortunate because the average snakes that turns up in the backyard or the forest...

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Some producers modify the construction material with the intent to lighten the pen, since it may be too heavy and difficult to move on steep, rough ground. ... The enclosed article "Lightweight Nest Boxes" describes how plastic milk crates can be substituted for wooden nestboxes to lighten the pen. ...

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Society puts a great deal of attention on body image and physical attractiveness, youthfulness, sexuality and appearance. This can be experienced by standing in front of a magazine stand. The covers display pictures of men and women alike, whose images are offered as nearly perfect in society's po...

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They represent a natural black woman instead of a commercialized black woman who has been brainwashed by European ideology that claims that black hair must be straightened, or black skin must be lightened in order to be heard. ...

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The sound of the lightening as well as the loud dramatic music also coincides with Iago's evil intentions. ... This portrays clearly the contrast between the different skin colours, but shows that even though they are so different, they have still come together to unite. ...

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Topic Attitudes towards the "aging" of women in a particular medium. Focus How different types of media mold a certain attitude to the natural aging of women, in mostly negative ways. Thesis Different types of media, such as advertisements, TV shows, magazines, etc., can create an unrealistic goa...

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Desiree tells her mother that Armand is pleased with the child "so much so that his mood has lightened and he no longer punishes any of the Negroes. ... She refuses to accept his answer, pointing out that her hair is brown, her eyes are gray, and her skin is white. ... He also rejected his child, for its skin exhibited a taint of impurity. ... However, conversation between Desiree and Madame Valmonde indicates that he apparently found time for La Blanche, the slave woman whose name (French for white) suggests that she was of mixed heritage, with light skin that made her a tolerable sexu...

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Its esthetic characteristics are: 1) the regularity of skeletal structure as an ordering force in a place of axial symmetry; 2) the treatment of exteriors as weightless, non-supporting skins rather than as heavy solids, obedient to gravity; 3) the use of color and structural detail in place of applied ornament (Johnson, 43). 4 Mies began to bring the art of exhibitions to a new level. ... The main points that the international style focus on are giving emphasis to the expression of 6 the structure, the lightening of the masses, and the enclosure of dynamic spaces. ...

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The skin is a mirror that reflects our health and expresses our lifestyle. Currently, there are numerous possibilities of care, a variety of products and cosmetic treatments becoming more sophisticated which help us have a beautiful and healthy skin. ... A color can advantage or disadvantage you, can make you more beautiful and comfortable in your body and your skin, but if you don't like it, it can create feelings of anxiety, indispose you and it can even produce nervousness. ...

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From the beginning of recorded history music in some form or other has told the story of life and its beauty, wonder, struggles, and causes. From the love between a man and a woman to the oppression of people, music and song have been supplying the soundtrack to life. Music has a tendency to questio...

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One member of the group, Lightening Rod (stage name), left and used a musical score given to him by Kool and the Gang as a backdrop to his lyrical narrative of a day in the life of two hustlers. ... (Henderson, Errol A., 2) Herc credited Lightening Rod and James Brown with providing the foundation for hip-hop, but he was the one who gave it life. ...

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Lestat is the hypothetical author of The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the Body Thief, and Memnoch the Devil.25 His fans, including Rice herself, are deeply fascinated by this "tall, fair-skinned man with a mass of blond hair."26 They dream of this intriguing vampire stealing into their room with a "graceful, almost feline quality to his movements,"27 moving closer, "his gray eyes [burning] with an incandescence,"28 and whispering to them some unknown truth that would explain the workings of the universe. ...

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Shamanistic Enlightenment is the literal ability to lighten the darkness and see what others cannot perceive. ... A sweat lodge is typically a small structure made of a frame of saplings, covered with skins, canvas or blanket. ...

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