ZEYNEP YALCIN ‘’THE LADY OR THE TIGER?’’ CHARACTERS Main Characters: The King; he is a semi-barbaric king who has the authority and the power of his kingdom. His system of judging the criminals is based on an arena that he built on his land. This arena has two doors that lead to accused person freedom or to a terrible death. In the story‚ he punishes the young man who falls in love with her daughter and also he punishes her daughter by putting her lover to the arena and letting her watch
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HARDWOOD Hardwood is wood from angiosperm trees (more strictly speaking non-monocot angiosperm trees). It may also be used for those trees themselves: these are usually broad-leaved; in temperate and boreal latitudes they are mostly deciduous‚ but in tropics and subtropics mostly evergreen. Hardwood contrasts with softwood (which is from Gymnosperm trees). Hardwoods are not necessarily harder than softwoods. In both groups there is an enormous variation in actual wood hardness‚ with the range in
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on stilts or the African but‚ wood has been the basic material used for men’s housing to provide shelter from the animals. The wigwam and the African hut were built round a frame of timber. The elaborately attractive black and white houses of ’Merrie England’ in the sixteenth century depended on wooden frames. even today‚ when steel girders from the frameworld of our huge modern buildings like those in the Raffles City in Singapore or the sky-scrapers of New York‚ wood still forms an important part
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enters the tree through its roots. After being absorbed by the roots‚ water travels all the way through the trunk to reach the leaves where the actual process takes place. Sugar is produced in the leaves during photosynthesis. It is transported into the wood and stored during the winter‚ mostly in the form of carbohydrates. It is then converted to sucrose and dissolved in the
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are going to design a beam that will rupture when a load of 20 kg is placed at its mid-span region. We have made much consideration and preparation before the testing. At the beginning‚ we considered to use wood or plastic to make the beam. After observation and research‚ we find out that wood is more suitable for making a beam and more possible to rupture at 20 kg weight. With several trials‚ we discovered that the shape‚ length‚ width and thickness of the wooden board and the distance between two
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soil-retaining powers of the long roots of trees‚ forests are vitally important for preserving adequate water supplies. Forests contribute substantially to the social and economic development of the country. A regular supply of many products like wood
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find myself “hanging on by a limb” as the old folk say‚ but this time it really was life or death. Next to my house there are some deep woods‚ with a small pond where no one was allowed to go. I knew the dangers and still I wanted to see it for myself. All kids do things they’re not supposed to do‚ so it was no surprise to my dad‚ when I made my trip into the woods to see this forbidden pond. It started on a late autumn day‚ when I heard dad talking to some friends of his. He was telling them a
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Illegal Logging: Background and Issues Summary Illegal logging is a pervasive problem throughout the world‚ affecting countries that produce‚ export‚ and import wood and wood products. Illegal logging is generally defined as the harvest‚ transport‚ purchase‚ or sale of timber in violation of national laws. In some timber-producing countries in the developing world‚ illegal logging represents over half of timber production and exports. The World Bank estimates that illegal logging costs governments
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character and some are sheer coincidence. Neither woman has married probably because of their disrupted childhood when they were exiled from their families and sent to live in the “great house” by the woods until it was safe again at home (Byatt). This is when Penny and Primrose decide to go into the woods and are followed by a younger girl who is never seen again. The girls encounter a creature that smelled of “liquid putrefaction” and looked like a mixture of “rank meat and decaying vegetation” (Byatt)
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Endangered Animals Humans are destructive. Not a lot of us think about how what we do affects the world around us. We almost act like we are the only ones on this planet. We go around polluting and destroying our world with no regard for our actions. The things that live out in the wild are paying the price for it. Every day that passes there is another animal or plant that is placed on an endangered list. This is happening at an alarming rate. Because of man’s desire to expand and conquer their
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