In our lab‚ we were given the task of burning seven different salts and taking notes of what we observed. The different salts included Potassium chloride‚ Calcium chloride‚ Strontium chloride‚ Lithium chloride‚ Copper II chloride‚ Sodium Chloride‚ and Barium Chloride. Burning a pinch of each salt separately by holding a nichrome wire over a Bunsen burner‚ we found that each salt emitted a different color of light. For example‚ Potassium Chloride burnt a bright pink flame when burned‚ while Calcium
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What does the American Flag Symbolize We need to realize something‚ we need to realize that the people burning the American flag in this picture go beyond just burning our flag. Burning the American flag represents the hatred‚ not only for America‚ but the hatred of freedom. The American Flag is the embodiment of freedom‚ and is made powerful through dedication and sacrifice. The ultimate sacrifice for America and Freedom has been made countless times by the brave and selfless men and women
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INTRODUCTION: What is justice? This may seem like a simple question to answer but for many in today’s society it is not. Individuals throughout society have their own distinctive explanation of justice. It is a word in which‚ to every person‚ has a different meaning. Although "Justice" has a vast list of meanings‚ it can somewhat be defined. Loosely‚ it can be defined as “the principal of fairness and the ideal of moral equity.” In our world today they are many ways we have seen how justice work into our
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My family takes a trip to the same place about every two summers. The ride isn’t always fun to get there because it is 2 and a half hours away. The trip is in Philadelphia Mississippi‚ where we go to Geyser Falls water park. It is always hot‚ a cool breeze‚ water slides‚ pools‚ birds‚ food‚ and many people. My family really enjoy going to the water park during the summer. We usually take about 3 days of vacation. When you arrive at Geyser Falls parking lot it is always full and is hard to look
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Faulkner September 11 William Cuhbert Faulkner is an American writer and Nobel prize winner from Oxford Mississippi. He wrote novels‚ short stories‚ poetry‚ essays‚ and a play. He is best known for his short stories‚ two of which are named Barn Burning and Red Leaves. There are many diveresities between these stories such as Barn Buring’s themes of authority and justice versus Red leaves’s themes of corruption and mortality but there are also similarities that include Power‚ Slavery
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Joanna Weir 10/23/14 Soc 209: Juvenile Delinquency Dr. Severance Burning Down the House 1. The “birth” of juvenile prisons began at the end of the nineteenth century. The idea of separating the youth and adults was to rehabilitate young offenders not punish. This began with the New York House of Refuge in 1825. At this time most of the youth that were put into the “homes” were generally poor immigrants. Due to the mass amount of immigrants there was a concentration of poverty in cities. Also the
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physical and mental abuse from her abductor. She was violated and ripped of all her value. Oates displayed graphic and realistic detail so that the reader would have a clear understanding and visual of what had occurred. In William Faulkner’s tale “Barn Burning” was not as tragic. His story‚ in my opinion followed the pattern of choosing what is right from wrong‚ making strong decisions regardless of your situation. From this I obtained a family lesson‚ when Sarty became the lion and decided to remove himself
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[pic] Mississippi depicting sediments due to erosion The finest beaches on the Mississippi Gulf Coast are located on Ship Island and are being eroded however; erosion is the thing that initially created the beaches. There were no beaches when oceans first covered the surface of the earth millions of years ago‚ only rocky shores. Over millions of years these solid stones were broken down into rocks by erosion‚ then were broken down into pebbles‚ and then into gravel‚ and then into sand. Rivers
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Soc 210 I watched the movie “The Burning Bed” starring Farrah Fawcett as Francis Hughes. She suffers for thirteen long years at the hands of her abusive husband mickey Hughes. When they started out dating Mickey was very loving and very attentive. Francis at first was a little reluctant when he asked her to marry him. She wanted to live life a little longer before she settled down‚ but she got pregnant and decide it was best to marry mickey. It wasn’t until they were married that the abuse
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cleaning done to the rug and demands Snopes give him twenty extra bushels of corn to make up for the rug. Snopes did not agree with this charge and decided the next day to go the store where the Justice of the Peace was and reduce the amount of bushels Mr. de Spain required him to pay for the rug. The Justice of the Peace decides Snopes is responsible for the damage but reduces the bushel to ten. After‚ a long day of Sarty‚ his father‚ and brother walking around town they arrived home. After dinner
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