Holes' was written by Louis Sachar in 1998, introducing a new, more contemporary children's book. ... His skill also lies in "the special mix of comedy, mystery and sense of purpose" which Holes' embodies. ... This issue is one of the fundamental aspects which creates the power in Holes'. ... This type of analysis is encouraged within secondary learning, making Holes' a very good book to study. ... Nevertheless, as an adult read, Holes' reminds the reader of the pleasure to be found in books. ...

• Word Count: 1946
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Holes' was written by Louis Sachar in 1998, introducing a new, more contemporary children's book. ... His skill also lies in "the special mix of comedy, mystery and sense of purpose" which Holes' embodies. ... This issue is one of the fundamental aspects which creates the power in Holes'. ... This type of analysis is encouraged within secondary learning, making Holes' a very good book to study. ... Nevertheless, as an adult read, Holes' reminds the reader of the pleasure to be found in books. ...

• Word Count: 1943
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Depletion of the Ozone Layer In the Arctic Region In 1985, a team of scientists discovered a disturbingly large hole in the Earth's ozone layer over Antarctica or the South Pole. Since that time, the degradation of the ozone layer has accelerated dramatically, and the Antarctic hole has grown disturbingly large. ... The word "hole" is a misnomer; the holes in the Arctic and Antarctic regions are really a significant thinning, or reduction in ozone concentrations, which results in the destruction of up to 70% of the ozone normally found between the ground and space. ... Skin cancer...

• Word Count: 1616
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The view is seen through a deliberately made hole which gives a feeling of distance and looking into another world (figure 4). ... Le Violin d'Ingres (figure 5) by Man Ray is a monochromatic photograph of a woman with a violin shaped body with f holes painted on her back to resemble a string instrument. ... He competently unites the horrifying image of an armless, legless woman with f-holes in her back and the captivating humour of a body that seeks to a condition of music. ... Also, for Man Ray to achieve the f-holes from a string instrument onto the model, he painted the f-holes onto a ...

• Word Count: 1463
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This suggested failure mechanism is further noted by the authors to involve a rather complex interplay of thermo-fluid mechanics of a ruptured pipeline, transfer of heat that is caused by the transfer of cold fluids escaping via a hole or crack, initiation and ultimate propagation of the crack, and finally, crack arrest (Shi Cheng Liu et al., 2006, p.324). ... The leak is assumed to be a hole with a diameter of 5-millimeter with a crack that extends from it for 50 millimeters. The model does not clear the air on whether the leakage is assumed to take place through only the hole or if takes p...

• Word Count: 1647
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

With nothing to halt the contraction, it will collapse to a black hole. While a black hole is interesting, it would certainly be viewed as a disappointment by our would-be universe creator. ... From the point of view of the parent universe, the "umbilical cord" of the child universe is indistinguishable from a black hole. The umbilical connection in the child universe would similarly look like a black hole. ... Once the new universe has separated, the black hole that remains in the parent universe would evaporate. ...

• Word Count: 2163
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Holes in the Ozone Layer Color-enhanced pictures of the winter-spring polar "ozone hole" on the United States NASA web-site depict an overall loss which had crept up to around one third of total Antarctic ozone, by the late 1990s, relative to the pre-1975 figure. ...

• Word Count: 1264
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How is the notion of "Retreating from the global" The Castle: directed by Rob Sitch (1997) In a local community, north of Melbourne, residents struggle to retain their homes with the ever-increasing pressure of globalisation and economic rationalism. Globalisation looms in the form of the ...

• Word Count: 1457
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

During the late 1970's, scientist discovered a "hole" in the ozone over the skies of Antartica. The "holes" in the ozone in Antartica has increased since and only appears in the seasonal springtime. ...

• Word Count: 2237
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Another problem that generated much media attention was the hole in the Antarctic ozone layer, and many other holes discovered since then. ... The thinning of the ozone layer had continued throughout the 1990s, with the largest-ever ozone hole recorded over the Antarctic in the spring of 2000. ...

• Word Count: 1881
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As the hole descends deeper into the ground, operators send a flow of drilling mud down into the drill bit, which then flows back up into the platform23. ... The marine life is directly affected when oil companies are drilling into the ocean and essentially make a gaping hole in their ecosystem. ...

• Word Count: 1819
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Based on the current standards of human civilization, many people are concerned with what will happen in our futuren; they are hypothesizing a decline in the quality of our lives. Since the dawn of human civilization, issues like energy, water, and disease have continuously threatened our existence....

• Word Count: 1701
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Once removed the sides of the vulva are sewn together leaving a small hole (about pencil size) for the flow of menstruation and urine. ... Upon this realization Aisha tries to break free but is forced down and ordered onto a bed of ropes with a hole in the middle. ...

• Word Count: 1858
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Legalization of Marijuana For years the debate over whether or not to legalize marijuana has gone back and forth. Each side bringing out more and more "studies" to defend their case. The truth is, both sides do make valid arguments. Then they make another one to discredit their opponent's...

• Word Count: 2154
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The word "explosive" can be defined as a "chemical compound that can be ignited by friction, heat, shock or impact when detonated to release rapid heat and pressurized gas."The energy released by the gases causes' rock displacement, rock fragmentation, ground vibration and massive air blast. The explosives theory states that detonation usually produces a high-velocity vibration and shock waves which in turn causes cracks in rocks. The common properties of explosives include: they are exothermic, spontaneous, produces heat and once initiated, they sustain the process on their own. Explosiv...

• Word Count: 2045
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The authors of Rebirth of Feminism speak of SNCC women's participating by stating, "You are allowed to participate and to speak, only the men stop listening when they do" (Hole & Levine, p. 111). ... A white, female participant in the Civil Rights Movement expressed the common second-class status shared by both white women and black women when she spoke of her observations in Mississippi at the height of the Civil Rights Movement, saying that she learned from black women that "I wasn't so free myself, and I began to worry about that" (Hole & Levin, 1971, p.114-116...

• Word Count: 2185
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When discussing issues of pesticide uses and its impacts on the environment, there are four major contributors involved: Rachel Carson, Robert Van Den Bosch, Sandra Stiengraber, and Theo Colburn et. al. These contributors have covered the issues from trying to control nature with chemical poisons to...

• Word Count: 1318
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Capitalism "burned cigarette holes" in the American soul, a "narcotic tobacco haze" that Ginsberg denounces, angered by an apparent state of forgetfulness "on the black waters of Lethe" whereby Americans do not remember how to survive without fridges and supermarkets to supply them with the reformed American Dream. ...

• Word Count: 1272
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Yes it is true that some political figures don't know how big the hole in the ozone layer is, and yes it is true that some private universities " [which] the ignorant students attend, [don't] require that they take even one course in American history" (Moore 125). ...

• Word Count: 1296
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When discussing issues of pesticide uses and its impacts on the environment, there are four major contributors involved: Rachel Carson, Robert Van Den Bosch, Sandra Stiengraber, and Theo Colburn et. al. These contributors have covered the issues from trying to control nature with chemical poisons to...

• Word Count: 1299
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Continuing he states "hangin out that window wit that AK fillin ya punk ass wit holes" 50 cents completely draw his hatred to men; this can derive from being molested or because of his mother and her sexual relation with men. ...

• Word Count: 1286
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Some solutions to the ozone depletion problem that I plan on focusing on include: 1) not use products that produce CFC's because they break apart covalent bonds in ozone therefore forming holes in the ozone layer; 2) keep my car and refrigerator in working order because the refrigerants have them maintained frequently to prevent them from leaking CFC's into the environment; 3) use my air conditioner at certain times during the day in my house when needed, when I am present but when I am not present the air conditioner should be turned off because this will reduce the amount of CFC&#x...

• Word Count: 1369
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The marked signs of these objects - the staves of the music, the strings, handle and sound-holes of the violin no longer belong to these individual objects that they symbolise but rather have become encapsulated in the rhythm that Braque had set within the painting. " They created in art the possibility of revealing processes instead of static states of being", remarked Berger. ...

• Word Count: 1529
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

HUMAN AWARENESS ESSAY. Genetically modified crops are not a good idea in society as they pose too many health risks among our society. My essay looks at the positive and negative impacts that genetically modifying foods would bring to us. My articles all clearly present the danger of this certain...

• Word Count: 1313
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A hole in the dome of the sweating room at the Stabian baths was fitted with a bronze disc that could be raised or lowered by a chain thereby regulating the amount of hot air escaping out the ceiling and maintaining the desired temperature for the room. ...

• Word Count: 1439
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate