Brant Norlander 2/20/11 Sociology of Sports Prof. Delany Friday Night Lights Sustaining the ambitions of not only themselves but the alumni and town of Odessa‚ Texas is a lot to ask from a young adult. That’s exactly what Permian football provides to the people of Odessa‚ where the post economic boom of the oil business has left the town in a racially tense‚ economic crisis. The lights on Permian High School’s football field are the only sanctuary for the west Texas town. Socially
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Many people have come to realize the dangers of light pollution outdoors‚ but the light pollution problems are often not enough paid attention to indoor environment. In fact‚ the poorly designed interior lighting will cause a certain degree of light pollution‚ affecting the lives of the occupants health. The Indoor light pollution is caused by many reasons‚ but what are the reasons in terms of the lighting design? We asked the Beijing lighting design Tomomi’s chief designer Ren Jian‚ he said:
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Automatic Light Controller with Two Unidirectional Guest Counters Muhammad Shaheed D. Ibrahim Kevin Richard R. Miraflores Leocarl M. Viñalon Richmond Gabi TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Title 1 II. Table of Contents 2 III. Chapter 1: Introduction 3 i. Background of Study 3 ii. Objectives 3 iii. Significance of Study 3 iv. Scope and Limitations 4 IV. Chapter 2: Review of Related
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Beer Street and Gin Lane Beer Street and Gin Lane Hogarth’s one of the best known his satirical paintings. He designed and published them as part of a campaign in support of the government’s Gin Act‚ in an attempt to restrain the consumption of cheap gin. In these paintings‚ Hogarth compares the joys of beer drinking with the gin which caused the complete destruction of the people in town that he warns unpleasant consequences of alcoholism. Beer Street shows a happy city drinking the ’good’
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The book Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger is about a high school football team from a small town in Odessa‚ Texas. The citizens of Odessa are football-crazed fanatics which thrive off the highschool football team‚ the Permian Panthers. For them‚ football is the most important aspect in their lives that they even value the teams winning record over grades. There is very little regard given to education among the highschool. Much of the town’s businesses are in dismal condition because oil‚ its
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environmentally friendly‚ but after conducting research‚ I believe that one small additional change will cut our company’s utilities greatly. Background and Purpose Starbucks Corporation can become more energy efficient by using LED light bulbs instead of standard incandescent lights. About 80 percent of our company’s total carbon emission solely comes from the energy use in our stores. This means that energy use is our single biggest impact on the environment‚ but it is also our biggest opportunity to make
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using visible light wavelengths obstructed by black paper‚ and red‚ blue‚ and green translucent filters. I. Abstract Photosynthesis is a process in which plants use light‚ water‚ and carbon dioxide to produce sugars‚ water and oxygen. Chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b‚ in the chloroplasts of a leaf‚ are responsible for absorbing wavelengths of light for use in photosynthesis with red and blue wavelengths being optimal. Testing for the most productive wavelength of light was done using
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How Light Affect Our Planet: Process Writing Thomas Tse October 31‚ 2012 Nowadays due to light pollution‚ it is hard to find a place in Hong Kong that can look at the stars clearly. It means that the light has disturbed our planet already; few types of animals can’t figure out that it’s morning or night. It affects the animal’s differentiation‚ communication and competition capacity. According to different problems‚ we must need to have some actions to help our society
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Incandescent Light Bulb Until just over a century ago‚ man had two sources for light: the Sun and fire. This all changed with the development of the electric light. The light bulb changed the world immensely. No longer does the world comprise of barbaric people who lived in the dark but a civilized culture who have light at their fingertips. This paper will study in depth the production process‚ the disposal‚ and future of the incandescent light bulb. The origins of the electric light can be
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could not live without them. Thomas Edison’s light bulb has been one of the biggest impacts on society even to this day. Thomas wanted to replace the gaslight with a mild‚ safe‚ and inexpensive electric light. Edison invented the light bulb in 1879‚ and to this day the light bulb is still just as useful‚ if not more so. As time has passed‚ the light bulb has grown more important with more and more functions. Just think about how many different types of light bulbs we have now... in civilized areas there
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