vegetable fats as fuel. Hundreds of these lamps (hollow worked stones) have been found in the Lascaux caves in modern day France‚ dating to about 15‚000 years ago. Oily animals (birds and fish) were also used as lamps after being threaded with a wick. Fireflies have been used as lighting sources. Candles and glass and pottery lamps were also invented. Chandeliers were an early form of "light fixture". With the development of electricity and the incandescent light bulb‚ the luminosity of artificial lighting
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The Hunger Games‚ by Suzanna Collins. The Hunger Games is a novel written about a futuristic society. This society is built of 12 Districts all controlled by a higher class‚ the Capitol. Every year the Capitol hosts The Hunger Games‚ where one boy and one girl from each district are selected to fight to the death. The young adults all are supposed to believe the Hunger Games are a privilege and told‚ “may the odds be ever in your favour”(Collins‚ 19). This is an annual tradition. Until the 74th game
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deer and other animals. There are high bushes of sticky burrs. There are “bags” of webworms above the river like a canopy of oaks and high bushes. Around Calpurnia’s house there are hundreds of insects that gather around the porch (grasshoppers‚ fireflies‚ spiders etc.). Callie Vee’s Grandfathers’ Laboratory The Laboratory is really just a shed that used to be part of old slave quarters. Instead of a door there is an old tan burlap flap. Scattered around the laboratory there are various beakers
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will be able to thrive and do well in life‚ so she is willing to continue with her situation even though it displeases her. She is aware that there is more hope for the future generation and isn’t phased by the idea of herself being hopeless‚ “A firefly buzzes around the room‚ finding him and not me” (72) This symbolizes light and hope finding the young boy instead of her and for that reason she is compliant when it comes to sacrificing herself because she has hope for her child. She is willing to
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Joy Harnish Partner: Clinton Foriska Synthesis and Chemiluminescence of Luminol November 4‚ 2014 Abstract Chemiluminescence occurs in nature and can be found in everyday products. For example‚ the light omitted by fireflies‚ deep sea fish and glow sticks is a result of this process. Luminol was synthesized from 3-nitrophthalic acid and then combined with potassium hexacyanoferrate(III) and hydrogen peroxide to omit a blue light. The product of this reaction is very unstable
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It was 1920 and the war had left France devastated. After the war‚ our industries were destroyed‚ our economy collapsed‚ and our families ripped apart. Our lands and homes were gone; so we all had decided to leave and rebuild elsewhere in a land of opportunity. We were gathered on this ship in hopes of making a new life for ourselves. There were many men aboard‚ but even more women with children‚ perhaps going to meet their husbands already in America. One particular woman caught my attention. She
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10 Foreign films for people who don’t watch foreign films Fancy something a little bit different from cliché ridden blockbusters‚ predictable rom coms and endless comic book adaptations? When the current selection at your cinema doesn’t float your boat‚ it might be a good idea to explore foreign film instead. It’s not just for pretentious people‚ you know. I understand that a lot of people seem to be put off by the fact you have to use subtitles and while this can be annoying‚ there is so much
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border with Switzerland. Everything there was a complete calmness‚ there starting to get dark already Ivette that had woken up‚ together with Jacques and Prince they came to sit down in the wall on the river. You could hear the cicadas and soon the fireflies appeared with its flashing lights for the joy of Jacques and
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In darkness‚ small pinpoints of light begin to shine in the abyss of the night sky. These pinpoints of light twinkle in an absent minded daze‚ illuminating‚ only slightly‚ the velvet curtain of never-ending midnight blue. All is quiet‚ still‚ as fireflies hum by on their own accord. The dark only holds the premise of slight melancholy in its isolation‚ but a settling sense of calm persists. Nightfall brings forth beauty in its mysterious nature; it is not to be feared. The term nocturne corresponds
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ERIC CARLE Danielle Alvarez February 24‚ 2015 Creative Arts Eric Carle was born June 25‚ 1929 to Erich and Johanna Carle in Syracuse‚ New York. When Eric was only six years old‚ his mother became homesick for Germany‚ so the family moved back to Stuttgart‚ Germany. He continued his education there and graduated from the local art school‚ The Akademie der bildenden Künste. Eric’s father was drafted into the German army at the beginning of World War II in 1939 and was taken prisoner by the Soviet
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