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    Lab 4 – Energy Sources and Alternative Energy Experiment 1: The Effects of Coal Mining Table 1: pH of Water Samples Water Sample Initial pH Final pH (24-48 hours) Pyrite 6 7 Activated Carbon 6 7 Water 6 6 NOTE: Picture below is after 48 hours of all three samples sitting in a warm place. POST LAB QUESTIONS 1. Develop hypotheses predicting the effect of pyrite and coal on the acidity of water? a. Pyrite hypothesis = If pyrite is in the water source‚ then it will make

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    Why Is Pi Come Out Alive?

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    on that boat. Pi survived on that boat with a tiger for 227 days on the Pacific Ocean. The only reasons he came out alive was because these three beliefs with is God‚his family and his caring of life. Because Pi’s parents were strongly religious and had been brought up a serious Hindu. Religion is important to him in his everyday life. Some evidence of this is when Pi goes to the church to talk to Father Martin and that when he told Pi about the story of Christ on the cross. Pi then added

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    you’ll be tempted to get yourselves right back and continue your journey. Although‚ if ever found yourself to be successful‚ would you stop there? Or would you have the courage to continue and set higher goals for yourself? In the book “Breaking Through” in which Francisco Jimenez is the main character and author‚ he faces many obstacles. Although‚ Francisco has encountered multiple obstacles‚ he has many characteristics‚ which are being responsible‚ ambitious and respectful. Francisco has faced

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    The Kite Runner/Life of Pi: The Foil In both The Kite Runner and Life of Pi‚ the relationship between the major character and a minor character—the foil—help to highlight the main character’s qualities‚ illuminating his traits to be seen in an extraordinary‚ nonstandard way. In The Kite Runner‚ Khaled Hosseini creates Hassan as the foil for Amir. Hassan’s character‚ as perfect as he is‚ causes Amir to pale in comparison‚ something that Amir channels throughout his life‚ governing his actions. Similarly

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    story‚ Life of Pi‚ the protagonist is abandoned at sea stuck in a lifeboat with a bengal tiger relying on fishing and crackers to survive. While Pi’s story may be very different from previous ones they have one thing in similar: Mercury Poisoning. For many sailors they received mercury through medical treatments for syphilis and open sores but that is not the only way one may obtain mercury in their system (“Medicine at sea”) . Another way one could obtain mercy is to consume it through the digestion

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    supply the system with power; one for a 12V fan coming from the mains and another for the Raspberry Pi. The main device used in this sub-system for controlling the other devices was the Raspberry Pi. All codes for image processing and audio processing were stored on a microSD card inserted into the Raspberry Pi. A static IP address was set for it which enabled communication with the mobile application through a local Apache server. The GSM/GPRS Module was programmed to send ‘AT’ commands which were used

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    Therefore‚ Pi created a menagerie for his emotional traumas in an effort to erase the unspeakable cruelty and violence he witnessed through various animal characters. In the book Life of PiPi utilizes Richard Parker a symbol for his actions. To Begin with‚ both Richard Parker symbolizes Pi’s erratic and irrational behavior. After the sinking of the Tsimtsum‚ Richard Parker had an inconsistent set of actions. Richard Parker regularly attacked and ate available meat yet declined to attack Pi when given

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    clear that Richard Parker was simply a mirage. A way for Pi to feel powerful or to do something he would never have expected to do as a young boy. Nevertheless‚ Richard Parker was a real animal at the Pondicherry zoo‚ but like everything else on the Tsimtsum‚ he drowned at sea. Even if there was a tiger on the boat‚ it has impulses when under pressure. Richard Parker could have attacked Pi at any moment‚ yet Pi lived on the boat unharmed. Pi could’ve chosen any animal to stay on the boat with him

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    Life of Pi Literary Analysis Shreya Parikh "It was not a question of him or me‚ but of him and me. We were‚ literally and figuratively in the same boat" (164). In the great story‚ Life of Pi‚ told by Yann Martel‚ two very different creatures surviving on the same boat takes a lot of determination. A relationship between Pi Patel and Richard Parker can be defined on both literal and metaphorical levels and both pertain to different aspects of Pi’s inner thoughts and himself. During

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    away even the rich and famous. Just like Pi when he acted like a animal when he was at sea all alone with Richard Parker. But in the world that we live‚ we can definitely see the resemblance of how we could act like animals like Pi did. When Pi was stranded with Richard Parker at sea it was hard to keep calm because he had to make sure to distract Richard Parker from eating him. Richard Parker marked his territory by peeing around

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