Compare and contrast “The F Word” by Firoozeh Dumas and “Peeling Bananas” by Wendy Lee “The F Word” by Firoozeh Dumas and “Peeling Bananas” by Wendy Lee‚ tell stories on their encounter on migrating from their previous homes. They are both faced and challenged with negativity. Eventually‚ they look for ways to revolve those problems to fit in with the community. In “The F Word”‚ Dumas asks Americans to open up and accept foreign cultures. Dumas and her family moved to America; due to the misunderstanding
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Using ethanol as an alternate fuel‚ or fuel extender includes a heterogenous agglomeration of advantages and disadvantages. On cars: ethanol is preferable to lead as an octane booster. A 10% addition of ethanol to petrol is more effective than lead at boosting octane rating (+2.5) and making car run smoother. It’s cheaper than lead‚ and ethanol-blended fuels leave no gummy deposits‚ thus keeps engine clean. Although a minimal 10% ethanol blend should be compatible with internal combustion engines
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Ethanol Production From Food Waste A PROJECT REPORT Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Award of the Degree of Bachelor of Technology (Biotechnology) Under the Guidance of Dr. S.M. Bhatt (Associate Professor) Department of Biosciences By Abhishek Agarwal Registration No. 10809065 Roll No. RB18B2A07 Department of Biotechnology Engineering Lovely Professional University Phagwara –144401 November 2011 CERTIFICATE This is to certify that Abhishek
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The main factors of this article called “Methanol--the fuel in Waiting” explains how Methanol could both have positive and negative effects in the environment and the economy. The article discusses how methanol could be another alternative to gasoline and it is a made from natural gas‚ which makes it easier to make and use. Methanol (see Figure 1) is that it is the simplest alcohol with a chain of one carbon atom with three hydrogen atoms attached. The characteristics of this simple alcohol are
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the listening have a conflict of opinions about ethanol fuel. The writer believes that ethanol fuel is not a suitable alternative for gasoline‚ while the lecturer claims that passage state is not convincing and disputes those ideas presented in the passage with several proofs. First of all‚ the author asserts that the ethanol fuel would not assist to fix global warming problem. Conversely‚ the lecturer brings up the idea that augmented of ethanol fuel does not adversely affect the environment. In other
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ETHANOL (E85): Types of fuels are ethanol‚ natural gas‚ diesel and hydrogen. Ethanol is simply grain alcohol obtained from corn. The corn is ground to powder form and mixed into a mash that is distilled to obtain ethanol which is a flammable liquid and then used as fuel. The ethanol could be mixed with gasoline blend in order to obtain reduced cost. In addition‚ the emission of Co2 would be reduced‚ but not completely eradicated because of its content of 90 percent gasoline and 10 percent ethanol
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I don’t know about you but I’m proud of who I am and where I come from. Just because your race or culture is different from everybody else‚ it don’t mean you should be judge‚ put down‚ or be disrespected just because of that. In the text‚ “The F Word” and “Peeling Bananas” shows us how different cultures is combined together or how people immigrate from the own country and go to a new country where people don’t understand their background or culture. People constantly saying their names wrong and
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to Wendy Lee’s Peeling Bananas It is not often that I have to read an article or essay several times before I can make an appropriate response. As I read Wendy Lee’s article‚ Peeling Bananas‚ I found myself side-tracked by my own thoughts and feelings of being an African American here in the United States. As I read and reread‚ there were several areas that seemed to jump out at me and make me want to respond - what was so important about being referred to like peeling a banana‚ what in my own
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fossil fuels due to the lacking of oil‚ gas‚ etc. An alternative energy source is ethanol (C2H5OH). It is an alcohol fuel manufactured by fermentation and distillation of crops that are high with starch and sugar‚ such as grains‚ sugarcane (most commonly used)‚ corn‚ and fruit. Other names for ethanol are ethyl alcohol‚ drinking alcohol‚ and grain alcohol. It can also be made from trees‚ grasses‚ woods‚ and plant waste. It is a colourless‚ flammable liquid that is categorized under bio-fuel. Brazil
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CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Starch is one of the most abundant substances in nature‚ a renewable and almost unlimited resource. Starch is produced from grain or root crops. It is mainly used as food‚ but is also readily converted chemically‚ physically and biologically into many useful products to date; starch is used to produce such diverse products as food‚ paper‚ textiles‚ adhesives‚ beverages; confectioning‚ pharmaceuticals‚ and building materials. Cassava starch has many remarkable characteristics
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