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This paper discusses the effect that clouds have on the greenhouse effect. The paper is written as if it were discussing the opinions of three groups of scientists. The first group believes that clouds counteract the greenhouse effect; the second says they make it worse and the last don't know.

From the Paper
"The greenhouse effect is one of the least understood environmental problems. Most people think of the greenhouse effect in negative terms. However, it must be realized that the greenhouse effect is essential for life of earth. For example, in A Green History of the World Clive Ponting states, Without greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to trap outgoing terrestrial infra-red radiation, the average temperature on the earth would be about -18 degrees Celsius and too cold for life. These gases primarily carbon dioxide and methane, maintain the temperature at about 15 degrees Celsius (Ponting, 1991, p. 387)."

Tags:clouds, greenhouse, effect

Abstract
The following report compares "The Clouds" by Aristophanes, and "The Satyricon" by Petronius.

Tags:the, clouds, aristophanes

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The paper considers "Clouds" as a critique of philosophy in the form of a comedy, revealing the tension between poetry and philosophy. The paper claims that different forms of subversion lie at the heart of the play about the relationship between Socrates and the Clouds, new and mysterious goddesses he has invented with his worship of reason to replace the old Olympian pantheon. The writer presents the explanation of Leo Strauss as to the Clouds' nature, and contrasts it with the writer's own theory that Aristophanes' purpose in writing "Clouds" was to demonstrate that Socrates' philosophizing, in its excess and amorality, is potentially destructive to society and humanity. In conclusion, the writer shows that Aristophanes is revealed as the representative of the Clouds among the Greeks.

From the Paper
"Generally speaking, Aristophanes' Clouds represent imitation, indeterminacy and play. They are the Gods of language; they are also the language itself. Celestial signs simultaneously revealing and concealing the heavens. Demi-gods linking the human with the divine. Tricksters that teach men of the proper measure. Now the relationship between the Clouds and Aristophanes becomes clearer: the comedian poet considers himself a representative of those daimons, meaning on the one hand that he re-presents them, reveals them, introduces them and on the other, that he is the sole ambassador of the Clouds among his people."

Tags:Socrates, subversion, Strauss

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This paper gives a review and analysis of how the differences in cultural rituals--American and Native American--play themselves out in Leslie Silko's short story "The Man To Send Rain Clouds." Additionally, the paper further shows how the story's ideas evoke cultural differences.

From the Paper
"The purpose of this research is to examine how Christian and Native American religious rituals operate in the narrative of the short story 'The Man to Send Rain Clouds' by Leslie Silko. The plan of the research will be to set forth the pattern of ideas in the story and then to discuss the means by which it evokes cultural differences at work in Christian and Native American terms with a view toward identifying the significance of the origin of rituals that are carried out upon the old..."

Tags:Catholic Church, Christian, Native American, Silko, Pueblo Indians, Religious ritual

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The paper examines Walt Whitman's poem "In Clouds Descending, In Midnight Sleep" that deals with the private life of someone suffering from the horrors of war. The paper explains why the poem has three stanzas and analyzes the analytic shapes utlized by Whitman. The paper shows how, by using a confusing syntactical structure, Whitman is able to produce a preternatural effect that makes us feel as if we are in a dream as well.

From the Paper
"Walt Whitman's "In Clouds Descending, In Midnight Sleep" is an elegant and complex poem that recalls the horrors of war. In the poem, the narrator tells of all the chaos and pain that war causes, not only physically, but mentally as well. Death is shown to be a transcendent force in nature, and even those who escape with their lives still feel his icy countenance staring at them in their sleep.
"Whitman opens the first stanza of the poem with the disturbing image of "many a face of anguish," and of men in even greater pain; those in the final throes of death. The penultimate line of the first stanza describes the bodies of the dead splayed out "on their backs, with arms extended wide." The first stanza closes with "I dream, I dream, I dream," which, in addition to "In clouds descending, in midnight sleep" in the first line, is a clear indication that these horrible images are coming to the narrator in his sleep."

Tags:narrator, stanzas, imagery, syntax

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In this paper, the writer discusses that both Contraceleon and Pheidippides in the dramas 'Wasps' and 'Clouds' by Aristophanes reflect a decay in moral values through greedy behaviors. The writer points out that the relation that both of these characters share regarding their fathers is disrespect and selfishness. The writer discusses that without a basis for attaining wisdom and moral behaviors, both Contraceleon and Pheidippides reflect an abominable disrespect for their elders, and only for the lavishness of their own greedy lifestyles in a higher-class perspective.

From the Paper
"This drama study compares the character Contraceleon and Pheidippides in the dramas: "Wasps" and "Clouds" by Aristophanes. In both of these characters there is a wanton depreciation of moral values and respect for their elders, which ultimately reflects Aristophanes cynical evaluation of the Athenian youth of his day. By comparing both Contraceleon and Pheidippides in these plays, there is a distinct lack of respect for their fathers (elders), which demote the value of Socratic wisdom and morality in Greek society. In the play "Wasps" by Aristophanes the character Contraceleon portends rash and cynical attributes to his father, Philocleon, who is a practitioner of law. By confining his father to their home, Contraceleon is used by Aristophanes as a youth bent on distorting the good moral values of law in Athenian courts."

Tags:drama, athenian, society

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The paper asserts that the play shows how different groups holding power in Athenian society gain power and status for themselves by promoting various educational programs that favored them. The author asserts that modern-day education is also used as a political tool. The paper explains that a satirical play was regarded as highly in Athenian society as a tragic play was and it gives a background of the period in which Aristophanes wrote the play. The paper reveals that he was concerned with the rise of the Sophist movement and the effect of this movement on educational ideals.

From the Paper
"The Sophists " we derive from the name of their movement the critical English term "sophistry" " were interested in the use of argument for its own sake, fascinated by the rhetorical ability to split hairs regardless of the reality behind the argument. Aristophanes was suspicious of such men, perhaps hearing in their stance a justification for the rhetorically pretty and compelling " but dangerous " warmongering of Athenian leaders."

Tags:Sophist, political, education

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This paper examines several of the problems with the Oort cloud theory. The paper suggests that the most obvious failing of the Oort cloud theory is because no one has yet detected the cloud itself; additionally, the activities and allocations of comet perihelions as well as the curious absence of hyperbolic orbits in the comets we do encounter suggest that much of what passes for current day talk vis-a-vis the Oort cloud theory is in desperate need of revision.

From the Paper
"Why Oort Cloud Theory Doesn't Work Despite their best efforts, there are still many things about the universe scientists do not know. Not least of all, contemporary scientists are still laboring to understand the origins of our solar system. The following paper will examine one of the theories that has long informed our understanding of the earliest days of our solar system with an eye towards exposing the errors and over-sights that characterize its enduring popularity in the face of a constant barrage of criticism. Specifically, the following paper will argue that the Oort cloud theory is very much an unsubstantiated view of the universe - an ontological assumption, if you will - that does not appear rooted in actual scientific observation."

Tags:oort, cloud, theory

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One of the most urgent issues facing our environment and our lives in terms of pollution, has been the "Brown Cloud", or "Asian Brown Cloud" phenomenon of massive concentrations of air-borne pollutants found above heavily industrialized and wholly unregulated areas. It is the purpose of this paper to look at the origins, the effects, and the solution to the Asian and other Brown Cloud problems rising in the world.

Tags:asian, brown, cloud

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This paper gives an in-depth description of the Oort cloud, which is a region of space outside the orbit of the planets from which comets emerge. According to the paper, this region has never been seen but has only been inferred by statistical models of the orbits of the comets. The paper further discusses the work of Dutch scientist Oort who determined that the area must exist and offered an assessment of some of the processes involved. The paper concludes by considering futher robotic flights which may be able to gather more data and see the cloud directly.

From the Paper
"The Oort cloud is a region of space outside the orbit of the planets from which comets emerge. This region has never been seen but has only been inferred by statistical models of the orbits of the comets. A Dutch scientist named Oort determined that the area must exist and offered an assessment of some of the processes involved. In the future, a robotic flight may be able to gather more data and see the cloud directly. A number of issues are to be resolved by researchers, and direct observation would be one way to achieve this. Comets were long seen as harbingers of disaster, probably because of their infrequent appearance and because of the way they moved through the sky in..."

Tags:oort, cloud, research