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    In a passage or a story authors usually use many elements to develop their characters. Jacey Choy‚ author of “Red Cranes” and Jun’Chiniro‚ author of “The Firefly Hunt” use various components to unfold each main character’s personality. Elements such as the characters’ interaction with others like their parents and friends‚ the presentation of main character’s thoughts such as their dreams and aspirations‚ and the strong feelings that a character exhibits at the end of a story like serenity or relaxedness

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    in all directions (independent of wind) 5. Passive signals require no expenditure of energy Disadvantages: 1. Requires a clear line of sight 2. Visual signals may be intercepted by predators 3. Only effective in daylight (in fireflies‚ only at night) 4. Active signals may be metabolically "expensive" to produce http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/tutorial/Communication/viscomm.html By : John R. Meyer http://www.bsos.umd.edu/psyc/psyc403/Vis%20Communication.pdf Visual

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    He was by nature an inquisitive person. The idea of genarating an incandescent lamp flashed into his mind when he was observing fireflies shining bioluminescently in his garden. In 1879‚ after more than 1000 trials and $40000‚ Thomas Edison introduced an inexpensive alternative to candles and gaslight: the incandescent lamp. Using carbonized filaments from cotton thread‚ his light

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    trying to hunt you. The Most Dangerous Game (MDG) is a great example of good literature‚ because of the literary devices being used. Imagery‚ suspense‚ and mood. Imagery is very important.. “The lights of the yacht became faint and ever vanishing fireflies. Then they were blotted out entirely by the night.” -pg. 218- and “They were eating borsch‚ the rich‚ red soup with whipped cream so dear to Russian plates” -pg.221- are great examples of imagery used by Richard Connell in the Most Dangerous Game

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    If Wishes Were Horses

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    1840s.[1] The last line was sometimes used to stop children from questioning and get to work: "If if’s and and’s were pots and pans‚ there’d surely be dishes to do." In popular culture[edit] The phrase is misquoted in the 2002 television series Firefly in the series finale episode "Objects in Space" in which Adam Baldwin’s character Jayne Cobb gets upset and says "Yeah and if wishes were horses‚ we’d all be eating steak." Star Trek Deep Space Nine Season 1‚ Episode 16 was called‚ If Wishes Were

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    Is Simon an important character or not? Write about his contribution to the novel and the methods Golding uses to show what Simon is like. Golding uses many descriptions throughout the novel to tell us more about his characters. Simon‚ by the point of his death is shown to be an almost angelic figure. This essay will examine whether Simon can be said to be significant or not‚ and why Golding has created his character. Simon starts the novel as a tiny weakling‚ who faints in the sun at the

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    Chemiluminescence

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    samples of blood at a crime scene. The two chemicals react readily due to the iron present in haemoglobin‚ giving off a luminescent glow as a result. Chemiluminescence occurs even in living organisms where it is termed bioluminescence. Using fireflies as an example‚ a reaction where luciferin combines with adenosine tri-phosphate (ATP) and reacts with the enzyme luciferase. The action of the enzyme acting on luciferase simulates something similar to luminol and a peroxide being catalysed by a

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    properties with household products Background Information: Chemical changes are often accompanied by physical changes. Three that you should not see in this lab are changes in temperature‚ presence of a flame‚ and evolution of light‚ as when as firefly glows. Three physical changes that indicate a chemical change may have occurred (and that may be seen in this lab) are: 1. Color changes 2. Precipitate (formation of a solid) 3. Formation of gas bubbles Procedure: No preliminary dilution of

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    galaxies‚ and our own Milky Way. Infrared: We often think of this as being the same thing as ’heat’‚ because it makes our skin feel warm. In space‚ IR light maps the dust between stars. Visible: Visible radiation is emitted by everything from fireflies to light bulbs to stars ... also by fast-moving particles hitting other particles. Ultraviolet: We know that the Sun is a source of ultraviolet (or UV) radiation‚ because it is the UV rays that cause our skin to burn. Stars and other "hot" objects

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    has done limited appearances. Her television debut was through the series Sex and the City‚ she acted as the dance teacher‚ had guest credit includes on Without A Trace‚ The Office‚ ER‚ Law & Order‚ and Law & Order: SVU‚ Life‚ Heartland‚ Bones‚ and Firefly. She had recurring roles on Third Watch and Jericho. Her recent works can be seen in Roots‚ Justified‚ Kroll Show‚ Mafia lll and

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