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    Bioleaching of Gold Ore

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    Altschul SF‚ Madden TL‚ Schaffer AA‚ Zhang J‚ Zhang Z‚ MillerW & Lipman DJ (1997) Gapped BLAST and PSI-BLAST: a new Baker BJ & Banfield JF (2003) Microbial communities in acid mine drainage Battaglia-Brunet F‚ Clarens M‚ d’Hugues P‚ Godon JJ‚ Foucher S & Morin D (2002) Monitoring of a pyrite-oxidising bacterial Bond PL‚ Druschel GK & Banfield JF (2000a) Comparison of acid mine drainage microbial communities in physically and Boon M & Heijnen JJ (1993) Mechanisms and rate limiting steps in bioleaching

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    Mohamad Sbeih Miss Cotton English 1 5th 2-22-14 Diary of a Wimpy Kid THE LAST STAW In 1998 Jeff came up with the idea for Diary of a Wimpy Kid‚ a story about a middle-school weakling named Greg Heffley. Jeff worked on his book for almost eight years before showing it to a publisher in New York. Jeff Kinney was born in 1971 in Maryland and attended the University of Maryland in the early 1990s. It was there that Jeff ran a comic strip called “Igdoof” in the campus newspaper‚ and he

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    immense value in reading A Thousand Pieces of Gold. Simply written and easily comprehendible‚ the book is more than worth reading. All characters in the novel are unique and their personalities were fitting for the dates and settings. The main character’s many convincing hardships give the book realistic appeal. The main character‚ Lalu‚ shows her confusion in many ways‚ one is by describing the Americans as "white demons". A Thousand Pieces of Gold also vividly describes the lack of rights for

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    To better the story an author will include some sort of way to make the story stand out. Some examples of these would be included in the story "In Response to Order 9066" by Dwight Okita‚ and “Mericans” by Sandra Cisneros. Both stories have the common theme in them causing a reaction from the readers. One way they are similar is the style they use. One difference is how different the stories about the similar topics are from one another.   A single way the common theme is used is to show the readers

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    not by themselves‚ but by their family member’s. That is the first gift the baby owns and of course‚ it is free‚ but not everybody takes the free gift if they don’t like it. Just like me and the girl I had read about in the article‚ “My Name‚" by Sandra Cisneros. We both don’t like our names because our names are not English names; indeed‚ it’s the different culture name. In “My Name‚” Esperanza is the girl‚ who has a meaningful name in English but still‚ she doesn’t like it. Esperanza hates

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    The movie “The Gold Rush” was written and directed by Charlie Chaplin in 1925. Some of the main characters included Charlie Chaplin as The Lone Prospector‚ Mack Swain as Big Jim‚ Tom Murray as Black Larsen‚ Malcolm Waite as Jack‚ Georgia Hale as Georgia‚ and Henry Bergman as Hank. The movie is set in the 1920’s time period‚ the same period it was filmed in. The Gold Rush is a story about The Lone Prospector (Charlie) in search of gold. Through his travels in the snow‚ he comes upon a cabin

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    Everyone wants to be inimitable‚ incomparable. The story “Rice Sandwich” by Sandra Cisneros is all about that‚ fitting in. About a young girl wants to be with the “cool kids‚” who hung out in the canteen. About a young girl who was chasing the wrong thing. Don’t be special‚ because it will cause a lot false uniqueness and a lot of misery. Do not try changing to a different person‚ because it’s a lie. For example‚ Esperanza wants to be special‚ and wants to be with “The special kids… get to eat in

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    I”(Mexican Painting) shows the dominance over the woman over a man’s eye. The third eye is in the middle of the forehead and that was all needed to dominate the life of the woman. The major feature of the society status is the dominance of a man. Sandra Cisneros is concerned with

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    Perseverance through Faith and Family into the New World The book Rain of Gold by Victor Villasenor portrays the life of his ancestors and their families from both sides of his family‚ his father‚ Juan Salvador Villasenor‚ and his mother‚ Maria Guadalupe "Lupe" Gomez. The book shows the story of his parents and their journeys to the United States across the border as undocumented immigrants from Mexico in an effort to escape the Revolution of 1910. The book depicts the differences between the two

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    due to the California Gold Rush. Peggy O’Day explained that during this time many people were pouring into California with the hope of gaining wealth through the mining of gold. The state greatly encouraged mining because it soon became the basis for their economy. Therefore‚ California passed many mining laws‚ such as one that gave hydraulic miners rights as prospectors. Hydraulic mining uses high-pressure water to move rock materials in order to facilitate the finding of gold. O’Day explained that

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