Smoke Signals

The purpose of the project is to calculate the energy efficiency of the CUC building. This report includes a brief insight into carbon emissions, the greatest contributor to global warming (Wisland, 2016). Methods to improve energy efficiency in other buildings, their effectiveness, and what improvements can be made in the CUC building are included. The investigation collates the total energy consumption value of the building at 5.0x106 kWh per year, thereby giving 6.7x106 pounds CO2 emissions…

The Mujahideen were a fierce guerrilla army that was created by tribes in Afghanistan to defend against the Soviet Invasion force and the Soviet backed DRA army. The entire force was composed of unpaid volunteers and less than 15% of the Mujahideen commanders had previous military experience, but the impact of those who were trained played a major role in providing military planning, issues, logistics, continuity, and gave the men minimal but vital training. The Mujahideen volunteers were…

Throughout Lord of the Flies, Jack’s characterization throughout Lord of the Flies represents the human psyche, as explained by Freud, in various ways. Although the human psyche being composed of three parts, Jack mainly represents the part that acts upon the pleasure principle, otherwise known as the id. An examples that exhibits Jack’s id-like personality is when Jack hunts the pig instead of maintaining the fire (Golding p. 69). Jack chose his pleasures of hunting over the hope of being…

Ralph’s principal focus revolves around the signal fire and constantly making sure that the smoke remains strong and visible, just in case a rescue ship stumbles upon them. Whenever Ralph notices the smoke had been missing, Ralph becomes furious with the group, claiming that he holds the chief role and asks, “can’t you see the mountain? There’s no signal showing. There may be a ship out there” (108). Ralph’s main priority orbits around the fire, just…

past in order to succeed in the future. This viewpoint punctured the Indian sphere through forced assimilation and harmful generalized statements about the Native Americans. The novel “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian,” the movie “Smoke Signals,” and various other articles, demonstrate how the cultural circle of American Indians is deflated and how stereotypes affect the daily lives of these…

life from difficulty to ease. Thanks to technology, we can now communicate with anyone from anywhere in the world, even from other planets. In the past, people were using several to communicate between two places such as smoke, birds, whistle. Some of them were time-consuming like smoke, some of them were not easy to communicate. Science developed day by day. Therefore, people became…

A leader is someone who is willing and able to do whatever they can to help the people surrounding them succeed. Within William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, both Jack and Ralph believe that they are the best ones for the job of leading the rest of the children on the island towards success, in this case success is meaning surviving and/or being rescued. Ralph is more of a realist knowing that in order to survive on this island they will need rules and a fire. Ralph also represents order,…

In society, each person plays a vital role and serves a great importance. When abused or belittled, these roles can turn into scourges. This concept is delineated in William Golding's novel, Lord of the Flies. After their plane crashes on a deserted island, a group of schoolboys attempt to create a functional and organized society whilst being forced to cope with the fact that there are no adults amongst them. Consequently, conflict and savagery emerge, leaving the boys with designated ranks…

there are side effects that may cause the loss of hair. Another treatment is radiotherapy and that’s where high energy radiation removes the cancerous cells. In the advance stages of cancer patients are given drugs like tarceva to prevent the EGFR to signal the reproduction of cancerous cell and to stop the…

000$ fine serving to 20 years in prison charged as a felony (Thomson). In 2010, 52% of arrests were for marijuana and there were more whites than blacks (ACLU,American Civil Liberties Union). One-fourth of hispanic adults smoke marijuana, 26% percent of african americans smoke it also. Here we see that the black stereotypes are false when it comes to black arrest for marijuana. Police spent more money on drug busts, which means money wasted for our community. Not only is society a cruel part…