Gabrielle Duenas AP LIT- Period 4 Allusion Assignment #1 December 16‚ 2012 Allusion: Stealing Someone’s Thunder. Category: Language&Idioms Definition: To take credit for an idea that is not yours. Reason: I selected this allusion because it is something I can relate to and use daily. I have never heard someone say "You’re stealing someones thunder." This allusion attracted me because I can really relate to it and I can also use it in and outside of my academics
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Blu-ray Disc Blu-ray Disc (BD) is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick‚ the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer‚ with dual layer discs (50 GB) being the norm for feature-length video discs. Triple layer discs (100 GB) and quadruple layers (128 GB) are available for BD-XL re-writer drives.[2] The major application of Blu-ray Discs is as a medium for video material such as feature
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among many others. This paper will focus primarily on one individual who exemplifies these traits and many other characteristics which contributes greatly to his success as a leader. The person that has been selected for the basis of this paper is Ray Lewis‚ a twelve year pro-bowl selection linebacker from the Baltimore Ravens. The reason I have chosen Lewis for this paper is because of the qualities he has as a leader not only on the playing field‚ but off of it as well. He is what I believe to
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takes courage to know what you think is right and how you act upon it. Throughout the book Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry‚ Mildred D Taylor uses Cassie Logan as an example of a courageous 9 year old girl that stands up for her convictions and putting aside many problems against her and her family. Cassie shows her courage by standing up for Little Man‚ by standing up to Mr. Barnett in the store‚ and when she faces her rival Lillian Jean. Cassie proves that she is a girl who stands up for what she
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components of an X-ray Tube? The x-ray tube consists of an electrode pair - a cathode and an anode. The cathode is a negatively charged heated filament made from tungsten. The anode is a positively charged flat disc‚ also made from tungsten. The electrode pair sits inside a glass vacuum tube‚ which is lined with lead for protection. 2) State the two interactions that occur in the X-ray tube to produce the x-ray beam Bermsstralhung interaction and Characteristic interaction. 3) The X-ray beam is attenuated
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Ray Charles‚ was one of the greatest composers. His music was different‚ but it was a unique kind of different. It made a person want to get up and dance because it had so much life in it. It was the dedication Ray had that he put it all into all his music. He had so much heart and in the music industry that’s all that is needed. How would‚ Ray Charles‚ music be describe? It’s said that it was soulful something that will never be forgotten. Ray took pride in making others feel good while listening
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Overview To all the residents in the village of Boomsdale‚ recently Dr. Bigbrain with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has detected small earthquakes coming from Mt. Thunder. For those of you that do not yet know‚ Mt. Thunder is an active stratovolcano and these earthquakes could be related to an impending volcanic eruption. There are three types of volcanos which include: shield volcanos‚ scoria cone volcanos‚ and stratovolcanoes. Unfortunately‚ stratovolcanoes are the most dangerous‚
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doi:10.1038/nature07378 L ETTERS Correlation between nanosecond X-ray flashes and stick–slip friction in peeling tape Carlos G. Camara1*‚ Juan V. Escobar1*‚ Jonathan R. Hird1 & Seth J. Putterman1 Relative motion between two contacting surfaces can produce visible light‚ called triboluminescence1. This concentration of diffuse mechanical energy into electromagnetic radiation has previously been observed to extend even to X-ray energies2. Here we report that peeling common adhesive tape in a
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For some reason‚ I was speechless. All I had ever wanted‚ August‚ June‚ Rosaleen‚ all of my mothers‚ they were pulled out from under my feet. I wanted to protest T. Ray‚ to tell him that my mother would have wanted it this way‚ but I had done enough. I followed him out of that big pink house that had taken me in and wondered what T. Ray would do to me. I was sure he would half kill me‚ and there wasn’t a thing worse than being half killed. I was leaving Rosaleen behind‚ the woman who I got out of jail
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the future‚ people pay more attention to what is going on and they feel the need to do something about it. The song‚ “The Sound of Silence‚” by Paul Simon is about being revealed to the light. Seeing what one was never realized before. It relates well to the allegory of the cave by Plato and the book Fahrenheit 451‚ it was actually written as a response to this book by Ray Bradbury. This song really shows how people in society do not think‚ they go along with what is going on and do not question‚ they
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