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    Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at-Elysian Fields” (Williams 95). In Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire Blanche Dubois’ doom is hinted in the first scene when she asks if she has arrived at Elysian Fields. It is very clear that her desires are associated with sex and alcohol, however, it is questionable if the Cemeteries was the death of her relatives in Belle Reve or her own demise, and if her arrival at Stella’s home is the Elysian Fields or if the mental institution is…

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    My topic is the Cambodian Genocide. It all started with the Khmer Rouge party leader Pol Pot who tried to make Cambodia an agrarian society. I found this topic interesting because the Cambodians were fighting against the French for their independence and the Khmer Rouge came and the Cambodians thought they were being helped out by the Khmer Rouge. In fact, the Khmer Rouge’s only goal was to defeat the French so they could take over. I found this interesting because how does it feel to know…

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    physicist from Japan who has been studying these northern lights. He and his partner, Tanaka, used a computer to create many different sequences…

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    generators create electrical energy by creating a changing magnetic field. This works by moving a copper coil in a permanent magnetic field. The induced field created in the copper coil opposes the permanent one (according to Lenz's Law). These two opposing magnetic fields create the force that resists the rotation of the coils. When the light bulb is taken out no current can flow through the coil (Faraday's Law) so no opposing magnetic field is created. Hot Plate Why didn’t the power you…

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    Explain How Motor Works

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    are two field magnets on each side coil with wire. These two field magnets always have opposite polarity. On the middle of the motor there is an armature, two commutators and two brushes. When current flow though the two brushes, one of the brushes touches commutator plate 1 and the other brushes touches commutator plate 2. Then the armature A and armature B turn in to field magnets, because when the current flow though iron that coil with wire, it will produce a strong electromagnetic field.…

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    about her interaction with one of the pirates, ““Can I have this?” he asks. Meekly, I nod my head. “You can go back to your boat.” He takes Pa’s buddah and puts it on his pocket.” (Ung 227) This was one of the only things she had left from her father and it was taken from her so suddenly. She lost a part of her father that day when that pirate slipped the Buddah into his…

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    Try being forced to move away from your home country, family, and everything you know to escape an unsafe environment. About 1.7 Million out of 7-8 million Cambodians were killed due to the Khmer Rouge Genocide, not one person has been persecuted for their actions during this time. Loung Ung was forced to leave everything she knew in Cambodia including her sister Chou, to move to America. She moved with Meng and Eang, Meng is Loung’s oldest brother and Eang is his wife. She moved because of the…

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    since winning the second championship in franchise history in 1948. The Indians have historically struggled from 1960 to 1993 with only one third place finish in 1968. A large part of the struggles the Indians have faced throughout the years has been commonly believed to be caused by The Curse of Rocky Colavito. Rocky Colavito is still a beloved figure in Cleveland, a lot of this is stemming from his hitting prowess earning himself the 1959 home run champion. Frank Lane on April 17, 1960 set in…

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    Magnetic therapy or magnet healing is a type of alternative medicine that have magnetic fields that generates healing powers towards a large number of diseases or conditions. These electromagnetic fields have been demonstrated to treat slow-healing fractures in the body and have shown good results towards to a few conditions. The website that has claimed to use this magnetic therapy are Skepdic.com. The claim that this complementary and alternative medicine practitioner is making goes…

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    deposits and commenced drilling the Niger Delta (Unknown, UNPO, 2009). Before the oil industry globalization, the Ogoni culture had a culture of tradition expanding over 500 years. Furthermore, the Ogoni culture lived off the land, without repercussions from today’s modernization, laws and technology. The Ogoni culture along Niger Delta, had close-knit community, lasting traditions such as tribal rituals, mud hut villages, festivals, lifelong marriages within their tribe, planting and…

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