Phobias are the most common mental disorder in the U.S. While not comprehensive‚ this phobia list offers a glimpse of the many phobias that can have a serious impact on an individual’s life. A Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing. Acarophobia- Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching. Acerophobia- Fear of sourness. Achluophobia- Fear of darkness. Acousticophobia- Fear of noise. Acrophobia- Fear of heights. Aerophobia- Fear of drafts‚ air swallowing‚ or airbourne noxious
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Benjamin Franklin is best known as one of the Founding Fathers of our country‚ who helped draft the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. Franklin was born in January of 1706 in Boston‚ where he was the fifteenth of seventeen children. He stopped going to school at age ten to help his father’s business but got bored of making candles. At age twelve Franklin went to apprentice at his older brother’s print shop‚ before eventually opening his own print shop in Philadelphia
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In what ways are severe thunderstorms different from ordinary cell thunderstorms? What are some of the meteorological or atmospheric conditions that favor the development of severe thunderstorms? The basics of a thunder storm are fairly easy‚ because they consist of thunder‚ lightning‚ winds‚ rain and heavy hail at times. “The storm itself may be a single
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dryer; lightning; * Walk across carpet and touch get a shock touching metal doorknob – friction of shoes against carpet cause you acquire static electric charge * Static charge – electric charge at rest‚ stays on and eventually discharged or lost to other objects/air * Discharge – remove excess static charge so the object is neutral * Static charge last long when air is dry * Electrostatics – study of static electric charge * Benjamin Franklin demonstrated lightning is a
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Manunggul Jar [pic] The Manunggul Jar is evidence of the spirituality of indigenous Filipinos. The Manunggul jar is cultural treasure found in the early 1960’s in Manunggul Cave‚ Lipuun Point‚ Palawan which is classified as a secondary burial jar‚ which means that only the bones of the corpse are placed inside. It has an elaborate design consisting of scrolls and curves on the top cover and is painted with hematite - a type of mineral that produces red coloring once subjected
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leaves and "winged seeds." The seeds will remain dormant until spring. The wind is thus a destroyer and a preserver. The west wind also sweeps along storm clouds. It is the death song of the year. With the night that closes the year will come rain‚ lightning‚ and hail; there will be storms in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. The poet pleads with the west wind to endow him with some of its power‚ for he feels depressed and helpless. If he were possessed of some of the power of the west wind‚ he would
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Hinduism is a vast and profound religion. Some of the sacred elements that characterize Hindu religious traditions are the Hindu scriptures‚ the Vedas‚ the Upanishads‚ and the main deities. One of the most important beliefs in Hinduism is acceptance. They have scriptures‚ mythologies that deal with many elements of life which are considered unacceptable. For example‚ Gita (considered to be main scripture which tells way of Hindu life‚ its duties) has story about Dropadi who is married to 5 brothers
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to convince him to read‚ listen to music or drink. I even tried to start a conversation to calm him down. My friends were laughing they knew my patience was running out. I was thinking to myself knocking him out. We enter into a storm the thunder and lightning was bad the sounds silence the whole flight. The Pilot came on and informed us we are in Dallas unable to land due to the weather. Looking out
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the bell under the tree. Allsburg‚ C. (1985). The Polar Express.Boston: Houghton Mifflin. The Sun is a Golden Earring The book was a group of folktales‚ from countries all over the world‚ which were used to explain the sun‚ moon‚ stars‚ lightning and thunder. Belting‚ N.‚ & Bryson‚ B. (1962). The sun is a golden earring.New York: Holt‚ Rinehart and Winston. Chanticleer and The Fox Barbara Cooney’s illustrations are simple and warm‚ yet she gives a glimpse of what life might have looked like for
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In the short story‚ “Your Question for Author Here”‚ by Kate Dicamillo and Jon Scieszka‚ Joe Jones faces a conflict with an author‚ Maureen O’Toople. Joe has to write a letter to this author for a school project‚ but he really doesn’t want to do this because he just doesn’t care‚ and is lazy about it as well. This was a person versus person conflict because Joe Jones was having a problem with Maureen O’Toople. In the beginning of the story‚ Joe was assigned a project by his literacy teacher that
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