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    Nearly all ancient societies practiced body modification through either piercingss or tattoos. These ancient practices are becoming ever more present in our modern Canadian society, especially tattoos. One writer says, “Permanent tattooing is the process of body modification by deposition of a pigment into the dermis” (Simunovic and Shinohara 525). In the past three decades, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become increasingly popular in the medical field. Magnetic resonance imaging is a…

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    In a society that outlaws books, you’d assume every citizen would want to rebel against this rule. However, most people in Ray Bradbury’s fictional society in the novel Fahrenheit 451 blindfully accept this and follow to the government’s orders. This is slightly similar to our society in the positive ways of how we challenge those that don’t want us to form our own thoughts, as well in the ways that technology has unfortunately glued us to our phones. However, there are some differences between…

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    Electron Microscopy Essay

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    viewing. The development of the electron microscope in the 1930s revolutionized biology, allowing for organelles, such as mitochondria, to be seen in detail for the first time. Unlike light microscopy, TEM uses a beam of electrons, denoted as a cathode ray, to scan samples. While the traditional optical microscope is restricted in resolution by the wavelength of…

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    Many Americans go through their days not without the knowledge that they are facing commodities that pay its derivation, to some degree, to some NASA project or other astronomical research. This is particularly true when one is thinking about the medical field and a lot of its advancements. Various medical innovations are the result of NASA 's collaborations with other examiners, and others were derived as a result of NASA researchers who recognized significance in findings and mechanics they…

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    “We stand against the small time of those who want to make everyone unhappy with conflicting theory and thought” (bradbury 59). Throughout the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, it was evident that people’s minds were corrupted to think that happiness was the only thing that mattered. Books were not allowed because they contained forbidden ideas and “no happy endings.” This led to the rebellion of Montag. Along with this, if books were found in a house, it would be immediately burned to the…

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    During Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, the theme of escapism reappears countless times to create the idea that both Sam and Joe use The Escapist, and their careers as superhero artist, to be able to escape from the obstacles and insecurities in their lives. The novel fleshes out this theme by using various important bug metaphors throughout the story. One way to make their significance more apparent is through the exposure of a distinction between the definition of…

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    facts of our experience. They were only taught to look one way when many ways exist.” Charles Bukowski, an American author, unintentionally explains perfectly the customs of the people, influenced by the government, in relation to Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury; he does this by explaining the habits of people who are naive and intellectually vacuous. Bradbury elucidates to readers the idea of what might come about if citizens slowly stop expanding their knowledge and begin letting the government…

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    Hershey's Social Footprint

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    We should all stop eating chocolate bars. Right now. Based on the atrocities committed on cocoa farms we should abstain from anything with label of Hershey’s. This is, however, unlikely, as the greater amount of the population could never actually do this. Lucky for them, they do not have to because Hershey’s is working to fix many social and environmental problems and actually has a positive social footprint. Hershey’s is very open about their stance on the environment. They firmly believe…

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    book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Books in this world are different than they are now, they hold something that the society cannot handle. Consequently, the firefighters are ordered to burn them. Montag changes throughout the story by the influence of Clarisse, Faber, and Mildred. Ordinarily, books are a violation of people, so the Government feels that books can cause people to act differently. Guy Montag will soon find out the true meaning of books. Notwithstanding In Ray Bradbury’s story,…

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    Stepping his foot into the massive fire without thinking a risk at the moment and have ability to stop it from spreading over; who can save so many lives from being in danger cannot be a simple ordinary man. As we can see in the image where a person is standing at the left side of the corner in the picture having a fully preventive brown dress with bright yellow strip on him is fearlessly staring in front of the huge golden color fire. In the image he is wearing a visible blue and green helmet,…

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