Pornography. God, Pornography has ruined women's self esteem, sexual attraction, prevailing personalities, relationships/marriage.... It is a destructive work of evil men and women, in my opinion. Objectifying women has become accepted, again, in our culture, muych by our own doing, sexualizing ourselves instead of keeping our dignity, self respect, and purity. Women, our bodies should only be seen by the man or men, or woman/en who will appreciate it's BEAUTY, not just get off on it. We should only look at people for their natural beauty, not picturing them naked sweaty and moaning. Porn has made girls dress like absolute whores. I have to cover my boyfriend's popping out eyes and shut his dropped jaw IN PUBLIC because these sluts are going around flaunting their stuff to married, old, young, and ugly guys 9-90, making all of them lust, evn if they dont want to. Heck, even girls lust after them. Pornography has almost ruined my great relationship too many times. I cant stand being afraid that when my boyfriend sees my body, he'll say... mm... it could be better. I've seen it. God, it makes me nuts. i think it should be outlawed. Freaking whores, have some dignity. Maybe some people like taking a commited man's life and crushing it by showing him her most likely diseased body. They like turning heads of married men, fathers, and ruining marriges and lives just so they can look "hot." God it disgusts me.

Drama. hate it. don't you? you should. it is cowardly, immature, hateful, ignorant, selfish, and anythinbg but productive. Don't involve your friends in this riot. No one wants drama deep down. Real, healthy relationships are required for a stable life. Can't anyone see this? no lies, no blowing things out of proportion, no falling in and out of love... god, people, just get over yourselves, and love one another.

an entity. An all-powerful, all-loving, all-peaceful, all-perfect, all-knowing entity that is connected to everything and everyone on different levels. meditation, prayer, talking to trees, we all connect with it differently. Psychics tap into the all-knowing entity, I can too. sometimes, when i'm really in tune.
It's in a place in all of us. we can all tap into it. If we commit to a time of meditaion or prayer or whatever, we can become more in-tune with it, and everything around us. This entity is involved in everything on different levels. It is nature, it is people, it is science. it is everything. all of us. We can get peace. Our minds are powerful. If we tap into this entity, and want something badly enough, we can change the world around us, because if we can effect the entity, the effect will occur in evryone whos in tune with it. Also known as praying for something a lot. Crazy people? Maybe their so in tune with it they never want to get out, socially, they're damaged, but they're significantly powerful parts of this circle. People who see ghosts and stuff? their tapped into another part of the entity, the spiritual part.
Jesus? Mary was so involved with this entity, it grew so much inside her, she physically bore a resemblance of this all-everything onto earth as a reminder of what is in all of us.

what a revelation. I get it now. Debatable? sure. but this is my truth. I could go on forever explaining it.

gabriella's therory of God.

Acid rain essay

What would you do if you knew poison was falling from the sky? What would you say if you knew that we were a big part in causing the deaths of many animals, forests, and people? How would you react if I told you that this very morning you contributed to atmosphere desolation? Well, get ready to do, say, and react… because I'm going to tell you that you are. I am. Everybody I know is a contributor to this devastation. Everyone I know has contributed to acid rain, a deadly and very real accident. But not all hope is lost. We can help. If we learn and teach about the effects on our environment, we can help save our world from more harmful waters—vapors—hail—dust, etc. So learn as I teach about the harmful effects of acid rain.

Acid rain is rain that measures between 0 and 5 pH. Acid rain is the process by which acids with a pH normally below 5.6 are removed from the atmosphere in rain, snow, sleet or hail. It mainly results from the transformation of sulphur dioxide (SO₂) and nitrogen oxides (NO₂) into wet pollutants like sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄), ammonium nitrate (NH₄NO₃) and nitric acid (HNO₃). The transformation of SO₂ and NOx to acidic vapors happens when these pollutants are moved throughout the atmosphere over extremely long distances.

Most of the pollutants are from automobiles. Automobiles release harmful smoke into the air. The burning of coal, oil, wood, and gasoline are also some of the causes of the pollution. Of the carbon monoxide contributors to acid rain, 81% of them come from mobile sources. The other largest source is the little particles of pollution (particulate matter) that are being released into the atmosphere by cars, trucks, and buses that are burning diesel fuel. The following are other contributors by these little particles: fertilizers, pesticides, road construction, steel making, mining, and turning on fire places and wood stoves. 73% of the non-mobile sources that add to acid rain are caused by the release of these tiny particles. Carbon monoxide and particulate matter are the number-one sources of the air pollution, by reducing this; acid rain will not be as prevalent in our world.

Other contributors are: the chemicals used in industry, refrigeration, air conditioning systems, and consumer products. Dry cleaners, printing plants, house and car paint as well as the manufacturing of lead batteries, fishing lures, certain parts of bullets, some ceramic ware, water pipes, fixtures, paper production, and melting metal also do damage to our atmosphere. Carbon monoxide, Carbon dioxide, Chlorofluorocarbons, Lead, Nitrogen Oxides, Ozone, Particulate matter, Sulfur dioxides, and Volatile organic compounds are all things that are added to our atmosphere when these things are preformed.

Acid rain does a tremendous amount of damage in our world. There are many things, like forests, oceans, and the things that live in them that are being dreadfully harmed by this occurrence. Even our society is being inflicted. The effect Acid rain has on our world is devastating.

The effect of acid rain on trees and forests ranges from small to very large, depending on the region and the acidity of the rain. Acid rain, acid fog, and acid vapor damage the surfaces of leaves and needles, diminish a tree's ability to endure cold, and hinder plant germination and reproduction. So, tree life and reproduction are reduced. Acid rain also reduces the supply of essential nutrients, such as calcium and magnesium, from soils. Without these nutrients, trees can suffer greatly, as well as larger masses of them—forests. Trees soak up the aluminum in the soil that the acid rain produces, and this can make trees grow slower, or stop growing altogether. The acid rain weakens the trees, so they may not be able to withstand things like disease, pests, and cold weather.

Acid rain also has an effect on water-life. Water animals need a good supply of oxygen in the water so they can breathe. When it rains acidic waters, the water is poisoned with our fossil fuels and the fish can die. Most sea life can't live in water that is under 6 pH. If the acid rain problem increases, our beautiful sea life will all eventually be gone.

Acid rain effects even our health. Breathing and lung problems in people (especially those with asthma) and have been linked to acid air pollution. Everything that we eat, drink, and breathe has at one time come in contact with some sort of acid deposit. In addition to causing extreme environmental damage, these pollutants can very possibly cause cancer, birth defects, problems with the nervous system, deaths, cause you to breathe more than usual, unconsciousness, slow down the delivery of oxygen to the rest of the body (causing dizziness), headaches, fatigue, learning problems, chest pain, irritated respiratory tract, persistent coughing, make you unable to take deep breaths, cause you more likely to get lung infections increased respiratory disease, harm vegetation, harm metals, and permanent lung damage.

Our health could be bettered tremendously without these pollutants in our environment.There are many ways we can help. Some things that you can do to make acid rain less of a problem are:

• Only run the dishwasher and washing machine with a full load.
• Turn off the lights in empty rooms or when you will be away from home.
• Turn off the hot water tank when you will be gone for a long period of time.
• Don't use your air conditioner or heater as much.
• Install fluorescent light bulbs instead of incandescent light bulbs.
• Try to reduce, reuse, and recycle as often as you can.
• Try not to burn a fire often.
• When you are going to work, you could walk, ride your bike, or take a bus.
• Car-pool to a place with someone else.
• Try to use alternate fuels, like: ethanol, propane, or natural gas.
• Take the train or a bus for long trips.
• Limit the amount of long trips you take in your car.
• Make sure that your vehicle's air conditioning system isn't leaking.
• Try not to overflow the gas tank.
• Make sure that you are traveling at high speeds only when you need to.

The more carbon gasses, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and other chemicals we release into the atmosphere, the more get soaked up into clouds and rained back down on our environment. We can help. If we reduce the amount of fuel combustion, electrical utilities and dirty industrial sources, we can reduce the ferocity of the acid rain in our environment. People can help stop acid rain by not polluting the air.

Acid rain is a very real thing and it is destroying our beautiful planet. We can help. Our environment is suffering greatly from the process of acid rain. But if we cut back on every day things that we do that contribute to this, we can help save our environment. Everyone should know about this. Help our environment live.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bibliography

 

 

"Acid Rain" Google.com 2 May 2007.

<http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=acid+rain&btnG=Google+Search>

 

Thinkquest.org 5 May 2007.

<http://www.library.thinkquest.org/CR0215471/acid_rain.htm>

 

Ec.cg.ca 3 May 2007

<http://www.ec.gc.ca/acidrain/>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Effects of Acid Rain

 

Due May 23^rd, 2007

 

By Gabriella Franco

 

Physical Science

 

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acid rain

Acid rain is the process by which acids with a pH normally below 5.6 are removed from the atmosphere in rain, snow, sleet or hail.

 

CAUSES:

 

Acid rain mainly results from the transformation of sulphur dioxide (SO₂) and nitrogen oxides (NO₂) into wet pollutants like sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄), ammonium nitrate (NH₄NO₃) and nitric acid (HNO₃). The transformation of SO₂ and NOx to acidic particles and vapors happens when these pollutants are moved throughout the atmosphere over extremely long distances.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

	"Carbon dioxide: Carbon dioxide is released by burning coal, oil, and natural gas. If you inhale carbon dioxide, then since it is toxic, it can cause you to have to breathe more than usual, unconsciousness, and other serious health problems.
	Carbon monoxide: Carbon monoxide is released by burning gasoline, oil, and wood. When carbon monoxide enters your body, it goes into the bloodstream. When this happens, it will slow down the delivery of oxygen to the rest of the body, causing dizziness, headaches, and fatigue.
	Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs): CFCs are the chemicals that are used in industry, refrigeration, air conditioning systems, and consumer products. Whenever CFCs are released into the air, they reduce the stratospheric ozone layer. The stratospheric ozone layer protects Earth's surface from the harmful rays of the sun.
	Hazardous air pollutants (HAPS): HAPS are released into the air by sources such as chemical plants, dry cleaners, printing plants, and motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses, and planes). HAPS can cause serious health problems like cancer, birth defects, nervous system problems, and deaths that are all due to people accidentally letting them go into the air.
	Lead: Lead is released by house and car paint as well as the manufacturing of lead batteries, fishing lures, certain parts of bullets, some ceramic ware, water pipes, and fixtures. In young children, lead can cause nervous system damage and learning problems.
	Nitrogen oxides: Nitrogen Oxides are released into the air by burning fuels such as gasoline and coal. When nitrogen oxides combine with VOCs, they can cause breathing difficulty in people who have asthma, coughs in children, and general illness in your respiratory system.
	Ozone: Ozone is released by motor vehicles, industries, burning coal, gasoline, and other fossil fuels, and in the chemicals that are in hairspray and paints. When ozone is close to the ground (ground level ozone) it can cause chest pain, irritated respiratory tract, or persistent cough, can make you unable to take deep breaths, and can make you more likely to get lung infections.
	Particulate matter (PM): PM, little particles of pollution, is released by cars, trucks, and buses that are burning diesel fuel, fertilizers, pesticides, road construction, steel making, mining, and turning on fire places and wood stoves. When PMs mix with air particles and get breathed in by something, they get stuck in the lung tissue. There they can cause increased respiratory disease and lung damage.
	Sulfur dioxides: Sulfur dioxides are released by burning coal, paper production, and melting metal. Sulfur dioxide can harm vegetation, harm metals, and cause lung problems, which include breathing problems and permanent lung damage.
	Volatile organic compounds (VOCs): VOCs are released into the air by burning gasoline, wood, coal, or natural gas, solvents, paints, glues, and other products that are used at work or at home." http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215471/acid_rain.htm

 

 

Most of the pollutants are from automobiles. Automobiles release harmful smoke into the air. Coal, oil, and gasoline are some of the causes of the pollutants as well.

 

Air Pollutant	% that mobile sources contribute to acid rain	% that other sources contribute to acid rain
Volatile organic compound	37%	63%
Nitrogen oxide	49%	51%
Carbon monoxide	81%	19%
Particulate matter	27%	73%

This table shows that the main air pollutant that mobile sources contribute is carbon monoxide. Of the carbon monoxide contributors to acid rain, 81% of them come from these sources. The other largest source is the little particles of pollution that are being released into the atmosphere by cars, trucks, and buses that are burning diesel fuel. The following are other contributors by these little particles: fertilizers, pesticides, road construction, steel making, mining, and turning on fire places and wood stoves. 73% of the non-mobile sources that add to acid rain are caused by the release of these tiny particles (particulate matter). Carbon monoxide and particulate matter are the number-one sources of the air pollution, by reducing this, acid rain will not be as prevalent.

 

This is the pH scale. Acid rain is rain that measures between 0 and 5 pH.

 

 

 

 

The effect of acid rain on trees and forests ranges from small to very large, depending on the region and the acidity of the rain. Acid rain, acid fog, and acid vapor damage the surfaces of leaves and needles, diminish a tree's ability to endure cold, and hinder plant germination and reproduction. So, tree life and reproduction are reduced. Acid rain also reduces the supply of essential nutrients, such as calcium and magnesium, from soils. Without these nutrients, trees can suffer greatly, as well as larger masses of them—forests. Trees soak up the aluminum in the soil that the acid rain produces, and this can make trees grow slower, or stop growing altogether. The acid rain weakens the trees, so they may not be able to withstand things like disease, pests, and cold weather.

 

 

 

The more carbon gasses, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and other chemicals we release into the atmosphere, the more get soaked up into clouds and rained back down on our environment. We can help. If we reduce the amount of fuel combustion, electrical utilities and dirty industrial sources, we can reduce the ferocity of the acid rain in our environment. People can help stop acid rain by not polluting the air.

 

 

Acid rain also has an effect on water-life. Water animals need a good supply of oxygen in the water so they can breathe. When it rains acidic waters, the water is poisoned with our fossil fuels and the fish can die. Most sea life can't live in water that is under 6 pH. If the acid rain problem increases, our beautiful sea life will all eventually be gone.

 

 

 

Acid rain effects even our health. Breathing and lung problems in people (especially those with asthma) and have been linked to acid air pollution. Everything that we eat, drink, and breathe has at one time come in contact with some sort of acid deposit. These health problems are happening more and more each year in the U.S. and Canada due to acid rain: in 2004 approximately

	550 premature deaths
	1,520 emergency room visits
	210,070 asthma symptom days

Our health could be bettered tremendously without the pollutants in our environment.

 

 

 

 

There are many ways we can help. Some things that you can do to make acid rain less of a problem are:

 

	Only run the dishwasher with a full load
	Only run the washing machine with a full load
	Turn off the lights in empty rooms or when you will be away from home
	Turn off the hot water tank when you will be gone for a long period of time
	Don't use your air conditioner or heater as much
	Install fluorescent light bulbs instead of incandescent light bulbs
	Try to reduce, reuse, and recycle as often as you can
	Try not to burn a fire often
	When you are going to work, you could walk, ride your bike, or take a bus
	Car-pool to a place with someone else
	For alternate fuels, try ethanol, propane, or natural gas
	Take the train or a bus for long trips
	Limit the amount of long trips you take in your car
	Make sure that your vehicle's air conditioning system isn't leaking
	Try not to overflow the gas tank
	Make sure that you are traveling at high speeds only when you need to

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Completion of a Different Cycle

 

  Does anyone in real life ever truly complete the "heroic cycle"? Does the heroic cycle stop at the top, or does it start making another cycle that we must then travel? these are questions that came to my mind when asked if Holden-- from J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye-- does complete the heroic cycle. And even if Holden does, I don't think his journey would have ended there; it couldn't have. But to get back to the point, when asked if Holden Caufield completes the cycle, I'd have to say no, he has much longer to go by the end of the novel.

  Holden completes a cycle, not necessarily the final Heroic Cycle, but a cycle that helped him, nonetheless. Throughout the novel, Holden is depressed. by the end of chapter 25, Holden says, "I was damn near bawling, I felt so damn happy"(213). So Holden feels more than depression, which is an accomplishment-- to have a range of emotion when you're as melancholy as Holden. But Holden isn't transformed, he's just opened his eyes a little wider. He's lifting his head up and seeing the world(that he's discovering DOESN'T revolve around him) with brighter eyes.

  If the heroic cycle's goal is transformation, Holden hasn't reached its goal. Holden has also made it clear that his attitude toward things, like school, haven't changed from chapter 1 to chapter 26. When in the sanitarium, he was asked by a psychoanalyst (and others) if he will apply himself in school the next fall. He says "...how do you know what you're going to do until you do it? The answer is you don't. I think I am but how do I know? I swear it's a stupid question"(213). This shows that Holden has not found determination and that even if he's nicer about it, his feelings toward things haven't changed.

  Some may argue that Holden has indeed completed the heroic cycle by the act of returning home after the day with Phoebe. But I would have to disagree. Even though Holden returns home, he's shipped to a sanitarium on the West Coast. This means he isn't "fixed" by the time he got home. The transformation was still incomplete. Holden still has quite a long way to go, even past chapter 26.

  The goal of the heroic cycle is transformation, and I don't think Holden has "transformed" by the end of the novel. he tells his story in the past tense, and with a mindset of where he is at`the end of the novel, a year later in the institution. Through the novel, Holden never says things like, "That used to depress me." Everything that had depressed or "killed" him during the narrative, did the same at the end. And although he may not be as harsh about them, Holden still has the same prejudices and judgments as he did the year before. Holden's attitude hasn't done a complete turn-around, and neither has Holden. He still had a long way to go.

  So, when asked if Holden Caufield completes the heroic cycle by the end of the novel, I would definitely have to say no. Holden still had a long way to go after the last page to reach the end of that particular journey. He still had some cleaning up to do. Holden's character doesn't do a complete turn-around, he still has a long road ahead of him, as do the rest of us. Yet, Salinger has a real-life teenager in a real-life novel containing real-life problems. And in real life, when do any of us complete the heroic cycle?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revision of a Different Cycle

 

Gabriella Franco

 

due 5-14-07

 

English

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Heroic Cycle essay by gabriella franco

Completion of a Different Cycle

 

  Does anyone in real life ever truly complete the "heroic cycle?" Does the heroic cycle stop at the top, or does it start making another cycle that we must then travel? these are questions that came to my mind when asked if Holden-- from J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye-- had completed the heroic cycle. And even if Holden had, I think his journey wouldn't have ended there, it couldn't have. But to get back to the point, when asked if Holden Caufield completed the cycle, I'd have to say no, he had much longer to go by the end of the novel.

  Holden had completed a cycle, not necessarily the final Heroic Cycle but a cycle that helped him, nonetheless. Throughout the novel, Holden is depressed. by the end of chapter 25, Holden says, "I was damn near bawling, I felt so damn happy"(213). So Holden feels more than depression, which is an accomplishment, to have a range of emotion when you're as melancholy as Holden. But Holden hasn't transformed, he's just opened his eyes a little wider, in my opinion. He's lifting his head up and seeing the world(that he's discovering DOESN'T revolve around him) with brighter eyes.

  Holden has also made it clear that his attitude toward things, like school, haven't changed from chapter 1 to chapter 26. When in the sanitarium, he was asked by a psychoanalysis (and others) if he will apply himself in school the next fall. He says "...how do you know what you're going to do until you do it? The answer is you don't. I think I am but how do I know? I swear it's a stupid question"(213). This shows that Holden has not found determination and that even if he's nicer about it, his feelings toward things haven't changed.

  Some may argue that Holden has indeed completed the heroic cycle by the act of returning home after the day with Phoebe. But I would have to disagree. Even though Holden returns home, he's shipped to a sanitarium on the west coast. This means he wasn't "fixed" by the time he got home. The transformation was still incomplete. Holden still had quite a long way to go, even past chapter 26.

  The goal of the heroic cycle is transformation, and I don't think Holden had "transformed" by the end of the novel. he tells his story in the past tense, and with a mindset of where he is at`the end of the novel, a year later, in the institution. Through the novel, Holden never says things like, "That used to depress me." Everything that had depressed or "killed" him during the narrative, did the same at the end. And although he may not be as harsh about them, Holden still has the same prejudices and judgments as he did the year before. Holden's attitude hasn't done a complete turn-around, and neither has Holden. He still had a long way to go.

  So, when asked if Holden Caufield has completed the heroic cycle by the end of the novel I would definitely have to say, no. Holden still had a long way to go after the last page to reach the end of that particular journey. He still had some cleaning up to do. Holden's character had not done a complete turn-around, he still had a long road ahead of him, as do the rest of us. Salinger had a real-life teenager in a real-life novel containing real-life problems. And in real life, when do any of us complete the heroic cycle?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Completion of a Different Cycle

 

Gabriella Franco

 

due 4-24-07

 

English

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