“The Bass‚ the River‚ and Sheila Mant” There was a summer in my life when the only creature that seemed lovelier to me than a largemouth bass was Sheila Mant. I was fourteen. The Mants had rented the cottage next to ours on the river; with their parties‚ their frantic games of softball‚ their constant comings and goings‚ they appeared to me denizens of a brilliant existence. “Too noisy by half‚” my mother quickly decided‚ but I would have given anything to be
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Unit 3 The Characteristics of Electricity ( pg 296 ) Day 1 Electrostatics - study of static electricity Neutral objects - materials that do not carry a charge Conductors allow charges (electrons) to flow through them easily. E.g. metal Therefore no matter how hard that you rub a metal tap no static charge will build up because the electrons that you are giving the tap just keep on moving up the tap and down the water line until they reach a ground. Insulators do not allow charges
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In 1950‚ the first commercial nuclear power plants were constructed. The public was promised a non-polluting and resourceful type of energy‚ but how safe was‚ and is‚ nuclear energy? Although there are less than 500 licensed nuclear power plants in the world‚ many nuclear accidents have already been endangering civilian lives. More serious accidents are not just likely‚ but inevitable (Fairchild 29). Nuclear energy may appear to be the ideal source of energy for the future: however‚ there
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Jonathan Erb Mrs. Valeri English 8B 13 November 2017 The Lightning Rod Lightning can exceed over 50‚000 degrees Fahrenheit (Daniels); The National Lightning Safety Institute estimates that "annually in the USA lightning cause more than 26‚000 fires with damage to property in excess of $5-6 billion." In 1749‚ Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod. The lightning rod not only helped prevent many rural fires and dangerous lightning strikes‚ it also provided the electricity from a lightning
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(subtract)Mass of beaker and glass rod | 123.56g – 120.80g = | 2.76g | Mass of hydrated complex – mass of anhydrous complex = water mass of
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several other boats in the same cove‚ nonetheless; he assured me that we would catch the big one here. I buckled up my life vest‚ grabbed my Mickey Mouse fishing rod and tackle box‚ stood at the side of the boat‚ baited my hook‚ and cast my rod out to the water. Grandpa stood on the other side of the boat and cast his rod as well. I held my rod in one hand as I leant over the side to see the fishys. Much to my suprise‚ they couldn’t be seen any
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Rip Van Winkle Analysis The exposition of Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving ‚ introduces a man named Rip Van Winkle and the area around the Catskill mountains before the the Revolutionary War. The rising action begins when Rip goes to the forest‚ with his dog‚ to get away from his nagging wife. When he returns to the village‚ he hears someone calling his name. Rip sees an odd-looking man and follows him to an amphitheater where there are many more strange men drinking and playing ninepins
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Objectives • To extract DNA and observe its characteristics Time Allocation: 1 hour‚ with overnight incubation/cooling the night before Note: Place the 91% isopropyl alcohol in the freezer the night before beginning the exercise. Note: If the mortar and pestle method is chosen‚ soak the split peas in distilled water the night before beginning the exercise. Materials |Materials |Label or Box/Bag |Qty |Item Description
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1.In paragraphs two‚ ten‚ and twelve of "Once More to the Lake‚" White’s brilliant use of metaphors‚ similes‚ and personification illustrates a lucid image of the speaker’s intertwining past and present for the reader. White starts paragraph ten with a fragment‚ "Peace and goodness and jollity‚" and creates a great emphasis on his past and current feelings. He continues to illustrate his past memories with a personification of the vocal senses as he explains the sound of the motorboats; "the one-lungers
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