Blue ribbon Essays

  • Symbolism in Fuentes' Aura

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    On the surface, Fuentes' Aura is a very strange and eerie book. It draws you in and keeps you there, forcing you to read the book to its very end. Just below the surface, a world of symbolism, words and parallels lead to a greater understanding of what is happening throughout this captivating tale. Skimming the surface of the story, an abundance of symbols can be signaled out, but a recurrence of symbols is very important. One of the most prevalent symbols found in this story is the darkness of

  • The Quintessential Rebel

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    own blood, and to this day has a great deal of respect for him. The first time Smith’s family gets a taste of a financially comfortable life is when the factory his father worked in gave them a lump of cash upon his father’s death. “…a wad of crisp blue-back fivers ain’t a sight of good” (Sillitoe, 20) says Smith as the one break his family got was only due to his father’s death. Smith is not money hungry, he steels simply to get by. He knows exactly where he stands in the world- in direct opposition

  • Knight In The 1970's Blue Ribbon Sports

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    passion for something he had never thought about as a career. Knight wanted to be an entrepreneur and he dove into his dream by flying to Japan to meet with a shoe manufacturer. When he met with the manufacturers he introduced himself as the head of Blue Ribbon Sports, which was a company that he made up on the spot, this started Knight’s career as an entrepreneur. Knight partnered with his track

  • Ribbon

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    Ribbon There once was a ribbon. Her name was Ribbon, as plain as the decorative object that she was. Ribbon was very vain and liked to get up every morning from her place in the sewing basket full of odds and ends. Every morning, she would look into the small pink hand mirror that would be lying beside her in the sewing basket. She would see the cutest, most beautiful face in the whole world every morning and was delighted. Then Ribbon would reluctantly stop admiring herself and would begin to

  • The Generic Blue Ribbon System is Destroying The American Dream

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    identical trophy for participating in the league. They did not work as hard: they practiced less than half as much as John’s team, and they are rewarded almost equally to make sure everyone feels like a winner. The concept that every child deserves a blue ribbon or a trophy for trying their best plagues generation Y every day of their young lives. The principle behind our entire society is if one works hard he/she will be rewarded justly, this principle is considered the framework for the American dream

  • The Role of the Visual in Today's Society

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    France 1928-1929) Corbusier created a building based upon his principles of architecture, and the idea of the house as a machine for living. These programmatic elements yielded a simple building that followed his five points of architecture (peloti, ribbon windows, a roof garden, free façade, and free plan). The way in which he composes these elements and ultimately how he represents the building are what make this a truly interesting piece of architecture, instead of a place for storing hay (as the

  • The Pure Voice in Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles

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    these men cause until redeeming herself through innocence. Hardy, in his portrayal of Tess as "The Maiden," begins with the May Day Dance, where Tess has yet to develop her beauty but wears a red ribbon in her hair, the only girl to do so in the train of "white-frocked maids."  The ribbon signifies what she has that the other girls do not: an inner beauty which will win her-much against her will-the affections of men.  At the sight of her father singing on his way home, the other girls begin

  • The Rate of Reaction Of Metals with Acids

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    The Rate of Reaction Of Metals with Acids Introduction In this investigation I will be looking at the rate of reaction between a metal, which will be magnesium ribbon, and an acid. The acids will either be hydrochloric, ethanoic, sulphuric or phosphoric acid. I will be finding out if the activation energy changes depending on whether a strong or weak acid is used. I will also be investigating whether or not there is a change in the order of reaction if a dibasic acid is used instead of a monobasic

  • Investigating the effect of varying concentration on the reaction between magnesium ribbon and hydrochloric acid

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    Investigating the effect of varying concentration on the reaction between magnesium ribbon and hydrochloric acid Aim It is to tell how the reaction between magnesium and hydrochloric acid will be effected if we change the concentration of hydrochloric acid. Introduction In the experiment the magnesium reacts with the hydrochloric acid to create magnesium chloride and hydrogen. The balanced formula for this is: Mg(s) + 2HCL(aq) MgCl2(aq) + H2(g) Magnesium + hydrochloric acid Magnesium Chloride

  • The Tyranny of Optimism

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    American culture…--one that encourages us to deny reality, submit cheerfully to misfortune, and blame only ourselves for our fate” (Ehrenreich 43-4). By using her own experience of being a breast cancer victim, a victim constantly bombarded by pink ribbon culture and the overwhelmingly positive attitude that comes with it, she shows how America’s “retreat from real life drama and tragedy of human events is suggestive of a deep helplessness at the core of positive thinking” (Ehrenreich 59). Many movements

  • Rates of Reaction

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    reacting with Magnesium Ribbon. I want to find out whether the strength of Hydrochloric acid will affect the speed of the rate of reaction when reacting with Magnesium Ribbon. Variables There are two important independent variables in my investigation the first of which is the concentration of the Hydrochloric Acid used during the investigation. The concentration of the acid will partly determine how fast the reaction takes place, if we put some of the magnesium ribbon into the HCL at 2molar

  • Determination of the Valency of Magnesium

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    will be used to determine the reaction stoichiometry. This experiment determines the stoichiometry of a reaction of magnesium and HCl. The relationship between moles of magnesium reacted and moles of hydrogen produced are plotted. Magnesium Ribbon is a strip of Magnesium that is solid at room temperature. When mixed with hydrochloric acid it produces Magnesium Chloride, which is a liquid and Hydrogen gas. The below is the equation that occurs: Mg + XHCl à MgClx + [IMAGE]H2 The known

  • The Effect of Acid on the Rate of Reaction with Magnesium

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    The Effect of Acid on the Rate of Reaction with Magnesium Aim: To find out how the concentration of hydrochloric acid affects the rate of reaction with magnesium ribbon. Hypothesis: I think that the lower the concentration of Hydrochloric acid, the slower the rate of reaction with Magnesium ribbon. The reason why is because there are less particles in the same volume so less collisions are possible every second, therefore less effective collisions will occur. Preliminary work:

  • how the concentration of acid affects the rate of reaction between hydrochloric acid and calcium carbonate (magnesium ribbon)

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    An investigation to find out how the concentration of acid affects the rate of reaction between hydrochloric acid and calcium carbonate (magnesium ribbon) Planning -------- The aim of my investigation is to find out how changing the concentration of acid affects the rate of the reaction between CaCO3 and HCl. To make my experiments fair tests, I will only change one variable: the concentration of the acid. I will have to keep the volume of the acid, the mass and size of the marble chips and the

  • The Effect of Temperature of Hydrochloric Acid on the Rate of Reaction Between Hydrochloric Acid and Magnesium

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    Temperature of Hydrochloric Acid on the Rate of Reaction Between Hydrochloric Acid and Magnesium Aim To investigate if the temperature of hydrochloric acid will affect the rate of reaction between hydrochloric acid and magnesium. Magnesium Ribbon + Hydrochloric Acid → Magnesium Chloride + Hydrogen Mg + 2HCl → MgCl² + H² Hypothesis I think that as the temperature of the hydrochloric acid increases so will the rates of reaction. I think this because of the Collision theory. These

  • The Rate Of Reaction Between Magnesium And Hydrochloric Acid

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    longer because if the length of magnesium is more then it will take longer to dissolve and therefore it will react for a longer time. Apparatus ========= o Measuring cylinders o Boiling tube o Ruler o Stop Watch o Magnesium ribbon o 2 molar hydrochloric acid o Water Plan ==== First I will set up the experiment then I will put 15cm cubed of hydrochloric acid and 15cm cubed of water inside the boiling tube. I will then put in a 0.5cm long piece of magnesium

  • Experiment to investigate factors affecting the rate of reaction between magnesium ribbon and hydrochloric acid

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    rate of reaction between magnesium ribbon and hydrochloric acid Rates of Reaction: Investigation Experiment to investigate factors affecting the rate of reaction between magnesium ribbon and hydrochloric acid. Chemical reactions between substances are caused by the collision of particles. More collisions mean a quicker rate of reaction. In the reaction between hydrochloric acid and magnesium ribbon, the chemical reaction takes place when the magnesium ribbon is dropped into the hydrochloric acid

  • Concentration's Effect on the Speed of Reaction Between Magnesium and Hydrochloric Acid

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    Concentration's Effect on the Speed of Reaction Between Magnesium and Hydrochloric Acid Planning 1: The aim of this investigation is to find out the effect of acid concentration in the reaction between dilute hydrochloric acid and magnesium ribbon. The rate of a chemical reaction is a measure of how fast the reaction takes place. A high concentration of hydrochloric acid could mean a fast reaction whereas as a low concentration could mean a slow long reaction. I will be testing different

  • Hydrochloric Acid's Effect on The Rate Of Reaction Between Hydrochloric Acid And Magnesium

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    in millilitres. When the magnesium ribbon reacts with the hydrochloric acid, magnesium chloride is formed. I wrote down the equation to show this: Magnesium + Hydrochloric acid = Magnesium Chloride + Hydrogen Mg + 2HCl = MgCl + H I think that the higher the concentration of the acid, the faster the reaction between magnesium ribbon and the hydrochloric acid. This would be because there were more acid molecules to react with the magnesium ribbon. I decided that I would do 5 experiments

  • The Determination of a Rate Equation

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    The Determination of a Rate Equation Aim --- The purpose of this experiment is to develop a method to determine the rate equation for the reaction between Magnesium ribbon and 2.0mol dm Hydrochloric acid, HCl. Hypothesis and Theory --------------------- When I react the magnesium ribbon with hydrochloric acid they will undergo the reaction according to the equation below: Mg(s) + 2HCl(aq) à MgCl (aq) + H (g) For a reaction to be successful the molecules must collide with