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    perennial cold. It is the internal flame that sparks the innovation and creativity within the human mind and the external fire that has allowed for humans to advance. Fire has been powering human advancement and invention for millennia‚ a source of energy for the furnace of mankind. In James Joyce’s novel Dubliners‚ Joyce incorporates fire and flames; however Joyce’s use of fire is not to shed light on the jovial atmosphere of Dublin. Rather Joyce’s pervasive use of flame in a minor state and its noticeable

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    Preventing Forest Fires

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    Preventing Forest Fires In the propaganda poster about forest fires the U.S. Department of Agriculture claims that people can prevent most forest fires. The U.S. Department of Agriculture tries to prevent forest fires. They made the ad to influence people to at least become knowledgeable about how to prevent forest fires. The poster attracts the attention of the audience through color‚ images‚ and text. The U.S. Government effectively achieves its rhetorical goals through the use of value and fact

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    Fire Protection Systems

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    Fire Protection Systems There are several types of fire extinguishing systems. They are wet‚ dry‚ chemical and gaseous types of systems that can be implemented. The type of fire and the circumstance that created it will dictate which methods are the best‚ safest and most efficient ways to extinguish a fire. Examples would be kitchen fires‚ grease fires in particular are difficult to extinguish with water and sometimes counterproductive to extinguishing the fire. Wet chemical systems are most

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    The Coatesville Fire Case CJ 101 Unit 8 5/18/15 LeCompte‚ Nicole Kaplan University Abstract This paper is about the Coatesville fires in Pennsylvania in 2008. The fires were being randomly started with no reason. The fires were set by a group of people. The five suspects that were arrested were Robert Tracy Jr who was an assistant fire chief‚ (6 ABC Action News 2009)‚ a 19 year old teenager named Roger Leon Barlow‚ McWilliams who suffered from mental illness‚ George Donkewicz‚

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    Dorm Fire Safety

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    Fire Safety How can students prevent dorm fires? The answer to that question may seem simple but that doesn’t change the fact that residence hall fires are a growing problem in colleges across the nation. Students use of basic electronic cooking utensils such as microwaves‚ smoking products‚ candles or incense are all different entities that can start fires in dorms. Dorm room fires can lead to serious injury or possibly even death‚ but there are ways to prevent fires. Studies show that arson

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    Fire at Mann Gulch

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    of planes and parachute into small fires and attack them before they have the chance to become large. The training the smoke jumpers underwent was extremely rigorous and challenging‚ even undergoing 3 weeks of training before each season. The USFS used a rotation basis to keep the men fresh so after a man fought a fire he was put at the bottom of the list of available fighters‚ thus the teams changed for every fire. Smoke jumpers were used to small ground fire caused by mistakes made by humans or

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    Coyote Steals Fire

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    “Coyote Steals Fire” also uses tricks to obtain the goal of the story‚ which in this case is fire. Primarily‚ Coyote tricks Thunder in their game of dice. Coyote makes a deal with Thunder that if he wins‚ then Thunder must hand over fire to the world. Cheating to win the game is no problem for Coyote because‚ “He is the master at cheating at all kinds of games”(Erdoes and Ortiz 45). Another tactic that Coyote uses to obtain his goals is hiding any evidence that can prove Coyote deserves to die.

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    The Triangle Factory Fire

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    During this time‚ there was a lack of federal regulation against the monopolistic companies. The Triangle Factory Fire serves as the pivotal point in women’s rights and labor rights during the Progressive Era in United States history. The documents examine the roles of Progressive reformers in challenging the government to take more control in regulating the workplace

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    Fire Alarm Circuit

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    Fire alarm circuit ABSTRACT Here is a simple fire alarm circuit based on a Light Dependent Resistor (LDR) and lamp pair for sensing the fire. The alarm works by sensing the smoke produced during fire. The circuit produces an audible alarm when the fire breaks out with smoke. When there is no smoke the light from the bulb will be directly falling on the LDR. The LDR resistance will be low and so the voltage across it (below 0.6V). The transistor will be OFF and nothing happens. When there is sufficient

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    Banning Catching Fire

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    Banning Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins has good intentions—protecting children; however‚ children/teenagers should be trusted to make their own decisions about what they read. Books are usually challenged or banned to protect others‚ for example; violence‚ sexually explicit or offensive language. Catching fire is said to be challenged because of its violence‚ anti-ethnic‚ anti-family‚ insensitivity‚ and offensive language. The Hunger Games series was on the 2010 challenged books lists. I believe

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