...Ryan Church Per. 2-3 Testing for Fecal Coliforms Purpose: The purpose of this lab was to test the water for fecal Coliforms. We will do this by testing water sample from the river, the pond, and the tap. After we acquire the water we put it in a vile and then into a petri dish to sit and develop the coliforms. Hypothesis: I believe that we will see a lot of fecal coliforms in the river and in the pond but not in the tap because it goes through a filter, and does not come in contact with animal waste. Data/ Observations: Class Data # of E. coli colonies per 100 mL | Location of the water sample | 33.3 | River | 89.9 | Pond | 0 | Tap | We could tell that the colonies were E. coli colonies because their color was blue/purple. We tested for the E. coli colonies because that is what made the water in the river and pond dangerous to drink. Even though you cannot drink the water in the river and pond you can still swim in it because they had less than 200 E. coli colonies per 100mL. Analysis: 1a. In this experiment our independent variable was the location that we get the water because it is what we change. b. In this experiment the dependent variables was the number of E. coli colonies because it is what we measured. c. In this experiment the controlled variables were the temperature that the water sat in, the amount of sunlight, and the solution that we used to observe the E. coli colonies. 2. After calculating the amount of E. coli colonies per...
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...Lindsey Kachi Mrs. Ciallella English 8C 16 May 2012 Failure to Care for Livestock The respect towards livestock in America is steadily declining through the practice of "factory farming." Factory farming is performed by the few large companies controlling food processing in America, it is vile and takes away humanity from those who continue to do it. It is the process in which farms "manufacture" food in unhealthy environments rather than safely breed livestock. It negatively affects the welfare of animals and the companies put the value of efficiency and profit before the health and safety of the animals. The repercussions of the choice to make these environments unhealthy by large corporations and keep them that way without trying to fix them further the damage to the treatment of livestock and the nutritional damage to America. It is imperative that America takes a stand as a nation to stop the process of factory farming and its effects, before the corporations go too far to the point where it is unstoppable. Factory farming is an increasing epidemic in the world of farming, we need to stop this before it is no longer preventable. A large portion of the population in America actually have no idea how livestock is taken care of by the corporations that they buy from. They do not know that the animals are so carelessly handled, that the animals are looked at as materials rather than actual living produce. In the documentary "Food, Inc." (2010) the producers...
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...The worldview of Taxi Driver is the cynical take of what New York reality was in 1976. One of the characteristics that distinguish a film or TV show shot in Toronto, but set in New York is the garbage. New York streets are filled with garbage and it litters every frame of Taxi Driver. In Scorsese’s view, New York has become so vile that men like Travis have prepared themselves to clean up the streets as they wish to. That’s not to say Scorsese condones their actions, the film is shot in documentary style for a reason, no reason to cover that fact up. The world is being built in such a way that it becomes an excuse for violence. Several assassination attempts toward political figures have been cited as reasons by the perpetrators, such as John Hinckley Jr. He supposedly identified with...
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...Hitler was a very wicked man, and caused much pain and misery to Jewish people. Till this day, he is known all over the world for his horrific deeds. This infamous man has been noted it in our textbooks, and he has also been portrayed in movies. Hitler showed no remorse for people that weren’t blonde and blue eyes. Yet he was a very convincing man, and this caused Hitler to create an army to think the way he did. Which caused him to be widely popular to the young blonde and blue eyes German citizens for his sinister beliefs. In short, this is a perfect example of what infamy can be, and how it can go down in...
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...It is surprising how one bad day can change a man; one bad realization could turn a simple existence corrupt and twisted, leaving behind the shell of a man who once was if anything at all. I sat back on my leather chair, brooding, pondering existence almost, and looking through the window of my office. One may walk into my office and admire a beautiful full-sea view of a sparkling Los Angeles sea, kissing the sky in the far distance at the horizon, with a wide array of greenery spread far and wide, and a beautiful assortment of buildings lining the skyline, decorating it from corner to corner with a range of lively colors, but I could not. The “sparkling blue sea” was nothing but a dull blue water tank, the greenery seemed lifeless and dead, and the buildings were not but...
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...There are a number of paranormal activities that have occurred in the Graveyard of the Atlantic.The favorite theories of the Bermuda Triangle from fantasy writers are, “evil extraterrestrials, residue crystals from Atlantis, evil humans with anti-gravity devices or other weird technologies, and vile vortices from the fourth dimension” (Carroll). According to David Pares, one of the most popular paranormal activities in the Bermuda Triangle, electronic fog, forms when solar energy combines with thunderstorm activity (Bernard). Rob MacGregor and Bruce Gernon introduced electronic fog to the world. Flying their plane, Bonanza A36, on December 4, 1970, Gernon and his father went over the Bahamas. On their way to Bimini, they came across “a...
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...she hissed peering out of the shadows. I couldn’t move, the succubus had us both trapped in her trance. Her eye held the power that was keeping us down. She was wearing a revealing tight black dress that came up to her mid thigh. Her eyes were the color of silk, white with a tint of purple. “ We don’t have the egg anymore, so why are you here?” Anna shouted desperately trying to move free from the trance. The succubus made a loud vile sound which made Anna and I fell to our knees. Clenching my...
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...We call depression "the blues" in the black community. We have been taught, at least in the past, and, to a certain extent even now, to shrug off this mental state. For many of us, it is not just a fact of life; it is a way of life. When bluesmen used to sing, "Every day I have the blues" or "It ain't nothing but the blues" or similar words from hundreds of songs, they do more than mouth lyrics. They voice a cultural attitude. They state an accepted truth at the heart of their music: Having the blues goes along with being black in America. In addition, from the time we are young boys, black males have ingrained into us an idea of manhood that requires a silence about feelings, a withholding of emotion, and ability to bear burdens alone, and a refusal to appear "weak." The internal pressure to adhere to this concept of masculinity only increases as we sometimes experience various forms of racism in a society that historically has sought to deny us our manhood. The internal wall that often keeps black men away from psychotherapy goes along with external barriers built just as high, if not higher. Mental health practitioners are overwhelmingly white, with the proportion of black psychiatrists, psychologists, and psychoanalysts estimated at less than three percent of the nation's total. This would mean that even if black men were to break through the self-imposed barriers and seek professional help for mental issues, it may be difficult to find someone with whom they can build...
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... and has been disputed since it’s inception. The question then arises: is prostitution morally sound? While Kant believed that prostitution was unethical and should be avoided, I contend that the conscious and choice act of prostitution (discounting cases of forced and child harlotry), done voluntarily and of one’s own accord is morally well-founded. Such a legal reform to decriminalize and provide the right of prostitution would respect that which we hold most dear: our autonomy. From time immemorial, human beings have sought escape from the stresses of society, and since then prostitutes have welcomed their business and soothed their nerves. It has spawned a great variety of opinions; from being an honest and blue-collar profession not unlike any other, to a vile and contemptible trade resorted to only by the dregs and undesirables of society. But while opinions exist, it is not yet clear whether prostitution is morally valid and should be legalized. Prussian philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) believed that morality and its requirements were subject to a universal order; something he termed the Categorical Imperative. But to form an indubitable foundation for such a law, he first needed to establish a common moral knowledge, and so Kant determined that “..nothing in the world—indeed nothing even beyond the world—can possibly be conceived which could be called good without qualification except a good will” (Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Elizabeth M. Knowles; pg. 245)...
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...The Nazis. Most people have heard of them. Awful, vile, abominatons of humans. This is what many people see the Nazis as --- nowadays. But what about way back in the early 1900s? What were the Nazis then? Were they always viewed as what we see them as now? The Nazis started as a small political group in 1919. They actually didn’t even start as the Nazis. Hitler infiltrated the German Worker’s Party and renamed it the National Socialists, more commonly known today as Nazis. For a long time the Nazis went barely noticed, slowly making the right friends and such. Germany was at war, and however much they would have liked to deny it they were losing. This resulted in a country-wide crisis. The Crisis of 1923 resulted in a greater interest in the...
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...Problem-Solution Essay Syed Ahmed ENG111 Pete Baney March 29, 2013 In the 2nd amendment of the United States constitution it clearly says that the right to bear arms should not be infringed (US congress, 2nd amendment, 1791). This year one major topic that is being argued about is the right to bear arms and who should possess this right. When immigrants from far away lands step foot onto American soil they feel that they should have the protection that American citizens do. Citizens and immigrants alike do have the right to feel safe where they live. One major ban that helped in reducing the number of gun related fatalities was the Assault Weapons Ban of 1994. Since the ban has expired, more than 350 people have been killed and 450 people have been injured by military style weapons (Feinstein, 2013). The 1994 and the 2013 Assault Weapons Ban bans all rifles like AK-47’s and all shot guns like the IZHMASH Saga 12 types (Feinstein, 2013). What brought the gun debate to the tables of many families were the atrocious events that took place due to gun violence. The inhumane shootings in an elementary school in Connecticut and the movie theater shooting in Colorado have put the issue of gun control in the spotlight. These horrific events have spurned up the debate on how the government should go about decreasing the many innocent lives lost each year due to gun violence. Looking through the...
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...others!? It’s stupid!” (Incomprehensible screaming) his arms flailing and he begins to run and show signs of a panic attack “I just want to sleep forever” spoken quietly as he slowly lays down on the floor in a sleeping position and closes his eyes while light fades out to signify that he is asleep. Scene 2: Finding your feet. Lighting: brightly lit stage with white lights to show an early morning. Sound: Birds chirping. “Peter’s theme” – Sergei Prokofiev plays lightly on repeat Space: Open stage with large projection in backdrop of rolling hills and a blue sky with the sun in the upper right corner highlighted by a spotlight. Props: Large stone centre stage with bright golden sword in the stone with engraving in the hilt that reads “Voice”. Sheet timber cut outs of green bushes one upstage left, another upstage right. A large tree is upstage right behind the bush cut out with one branch protruding with three blue bird puppets chirping to Peter’s arrival. Peter, still centre stage and using the large rock as a pillow, stands slowly, stretching his arms and back as he wakes up, not realising where he is or what is happening around him, he walks at energy level 2 toward what he...
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...he had used his water gun instead, it could quite possibly be thought of as a weapon and then, more chaos would reign. Violent games clearly stimulate criminal activities. In addition, taking part in these vile games is dangerous. All the players roam freely with gun-shaped objects in their possession. “...he paced Pierrepont Street, three water guns shoved inside the pocket of a hoodie” (Martin, 2009). Cops are humans; they make mistakes. A police officer can easily assume that a gun-shaped object is the actual weapon itself, and in the name of public safety, can bring harm to the wielder. To add on, many kills are made at night, when threatening groups are more likely to be present. When the small group of seniors staked out at another player’s house in a mere minivan, they exposed themselves to the New York gangs (Martin, 2009). These gangs could wipe them out. Also, they risk being notified to the police for suspicious activity. Danger is a constant hazard when taking part in this game. Furthermore, these games prove to be a distraction. Lasting half a month, this activity is the dominant idée fixe. This game detracts from students’ learning. “At 10:30 P.M. on a Wednesday, three of the four seniors, armed with … water pistols, staked out Cohen’s house in a blue Toyota minivan” (Martin, 2009). This evidence illustrates that although it is a school night, the teenager would much rather stake out at an enemy’s house, late at night. According to the National Sleep Foundation...
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...Carta provided certain important rights such as the ones mentioned before only to nobles. This contradiction saw to the U.S. adopting a Constitution that protected institutionalized slavery. Slaves wanted to know where they fit into all these protections. This essay aims to highlight the protection of rights for Englishmen at a time when African slaves were being denied those same rights. The Portuguese were the first people to go along the coast of Africa from Europe where they encountered more people of darker skin. However, these were Muslims who were literate and numerate. The English on the other hand were horrified when they saw the color black. To them, the ideal woman had blonde hair, blue eyes and fair skin, hence pure and good. To be black on the other hand meant to be evil, vile, disgusting and satanic. Winthrop Jordan, the author of the book “White Over Black”, introduced the coming together of the two civilizations – the English and the Africans and described English Racism. In his book he also describes the sexualization of slavery by the Englishman who was generally smaller than the black man. The Englishman saw that the blacks were big and very profitable to him. As a result, they developed a sexual mythology that somehow the black man would be more desirable...
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...grotesque innards-wealth is everything, love and fame are the keys to paradise, you can have everything, the American Dream-are exposed and seen as impossible fantasies that have no substantial meaning to true happiness. Nick longs for Jordan and affluence throughout the novel, but sees his longings as nonviable and frivolous after his meeting with Jordan. “ ‘I thought you were rather honest, straightforward person’...‘I’m thirty,’ I said. I’m five years too old to lie to myself and call it an honor.’ She didn’t answer. Angry, and half in love with her...I turned away” (Fitzgerald 177). Nick’s straightforward nature always him to interpret society as it truly is and he sees this as a curse. After seeing society and Jordan for the callous, vile, pompous creatures they are through the small attendance of Gatsby’s funeral and the reluctance to show remorse or sorrow at death, he sees how naive he was to think that the world was as caring as it seemed and that how naive he was to think he could achieve his own “American Dream.” In addition to such, society’s commonality of submissive women takes away Gatsby’s hope to live with Daisy. “ ‘Please, Tom! I can’t stand this any more.’ Her frightened eyes told that whatever intentions, whatever courage she had had, were definitely gone” (Fitzgerald 135). After Tom asserts dominance over her decision to leave him and proves to be the “better” man, Daisy sees that as a woman, she must obey the superior man, hence her fear of leaving her husband...
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