The Red Balloon

But figure 1.12.2 still looks only two dimensional because we are forced to draw it on two-dimensional paper. To visualize the situation in three dimensions, try using balloons. Choose balloons of the same shape and size but two different colors, such as red and green. Blow up two of the red balloons and two green balloons to the same volume and tie their ends all together. (This is easier to do if you don t overin-... 

We learn from the cut and quality of his clothes that the condemned man in Incident at Owl Creek is not only a civilian but a Southern gentleman we learn again from clothing that the two youths are wearing in Two Men and a Wardrobe that they are probably workmen from the well-fitting dark suit he wears and the big leather briefcase he carries, we surmise that the child in The Red Balloon is from an upper-middle-class family and that he is expected to behave like a miniature adult. 

In The Red Balloon, the young hero is slight but wiry, with an elfin, dreamer s face. We first see him as a very small figure in a very large square, dominated by massive stone houses. His outsized briefcase reminds us of the sort of small humiliations unfeeling adults can visit on children. In addition, it lends the boy a somewhat comical air. The balloon, of course, is red— the color of blood, the color of life, the color of trouble. In the context of the film, it is not only the main character s friend but his double, his secret self. 

As you go about your day, try to take note of any incongruous details of people s clothing the handsome silk blouse with a button missing, the well-tailored business suit worn with scuffed shoes, the street person with a jaunty hat, the workman in ironed blue jeans. (Remember the man-sized briefcase toted by the small boy in The Red Balloon while it doesn t tell us about his character, it certainly informs us about his situation.) On the other hand, if the character s appearance is "perfect," as is Louise s in the excerpt above from Thelma and Louise, that too is useful information. 

The catalyst is the incident that calls the protagonist s dramatic action to life. It is sometimes called "the inciting incident," e.g., the little boy rescuing the magical balloon in The Red Balloon, or the breaking of the rope as the hero is about to be hung in Incident at Owl Creek Bridge. 

Another approach is to examine what humor, rather than a more straightforward approach, will add to the story. The humor, aside from its understandable appeal, should bring other narrative dividends. For example, the fact that the balloon in The Red Balloon does the unexpected (it follows the boy and later displays a mind of its own) is humorous, but it also humanizes the balloon. Through humor, the balloon becomes the boy s friend rather than remaining an inanimate object. 

Perhaps the most challenging dimension for the writer is to create a character who is both an individual and an archetype. At what point does the little boy in The Red Balloon become every little boy At what point do the two men who carry the wardrobe in Two Men and a Wardrobe become everyman In both films the repetitive behavior of the characters is excellent habitual signage, but we have to turn to the plots to illustrate how the archetype is... 

With no one looking, you add 5 mL of a cinnamon solution to a blue balloon, which you tie shut. You also add 5 mL of fresh water to a red balloon, which you also tie shut. You heat the two balloons in a microwave until they each inflate to about the size of a grapefruit. Your brother then comes along, examines the inflated balloons, and tells you that the blue balloon is the one containing the cinnamon. How did he know ... 

Figure 12-14 Effusion of gases, (a) A molecular interpretation of effusion. Molecules are in constant motion occasionally they strike the opening and escape, (b) Latex balloons were filled with the same volume of He fellow), N2 (blue), and O2 (red). Lighter molecules, such as He, effuse through the tiny pores of the latex balloons more rapidly than does N2 or O2. The silver party balloon is made of a metal-coated polymer with pores that are too small to allow rapid He effusion, (c) If a bell jar full of hydrogen is brought down over a porous cup full of air, rapidly moving hydrogen diffuses into the cup faster than the oxygen and nitrogen in the air can effuse out of the cup. This causes an increase in pressure in the cup sufficient to produce bubbles in the water in the beaker.

Recent evidence suggests that atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory process. The recruitment of mononuclear leukocytes and formation of intimal macrophage-rich lesions at specific sites of the arterial tree are key events in atherogenesis. Alterations of chemotactic and adhesive properties of the endothelium play an important role in this process [82]. Quercetin has been reported to inhibit the expression in glomerular cells of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) [83] a potent chemoattractant for circulating monocytes. Red wine reduced MCP-1 mRNA and protein expression in abdominal aorta of cholesterol fed rabbits after balloon injury and this effect was associated with a reduced neointimal hyperplasia [84]. The antioxidant-mediated inhibition of nuclear factor k B (NFkB) and the subsequent non selective reduction of cytokine transcription have been suggested to be responsible for these effects [83]. Additionally, quercetin downregulated both phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA)- and tumour necrosis factor-a (TNFa)-induced intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) expression in human endothelial cells [86]. 

Our view is that as much as we cannot control the ballooning and nova of our future red giant Sun (a frightening thought), we cannot stop the human drive to explore and eventually settle worlds beyond Earth. We can, however, go about this eventuality reasonably safely or not, and we would choose to do so as safely as possible. 

Inadequate heat transfer can be caused not only by an air space, but to an even greater extent by salt crust formation on the inside of the vessel. Hence, mixtures from which salts separate must always be stirred, and the stirrer should come as near to the walls as possible in order to keep them free from incrustation. When large amounts of salt separate, even the best stirrers are inadequate. One case is known where a salt crust only 4 cm. thick resulted in overheating an autoclave to the point where it was red hot. At an internal temperature of 240°C. and pressure of 48 atmospheres, the autoclave was blown out like a balloon and the bottom split. The escaping gas cooled the steel enough so that no further danger was involved. It is almost certain, however, that cast iron would have exploded. (Fusions such as those in the preparation of -naphthol, if done without a metal bath, would certainly ruin any pressure vessel.)... 

K2Ct207 (red-orange) reacts with t The balloon inflates CH3CH2OH. forming Cr (green). I with exhaled air. 

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