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    The Nature of a Sound Wave

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    Sound and music are parts of our everyday sensory experience. Just as humans have eyes for the detection of light and color‚ so we are equipped with ears for the detection of sound. We seldom take the time to ponder the characteristics and behaviors of sound and the mechanisms by which sounds are produced‚ propagated‚ and detected. The basis for an understanding of sound‚ music and hearing is the physics of waves. Sound is a wave which is created by vibrating objects and propagated through a medium

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    Why do the marshmallows act the way they do in the absence and presence of air? When the vacuum caused absence of air in the jar‚ it removed the atmospheric pressure was pushing on the outside of the marshmallows which resulted in the trapped air inside of the marshmallow to push out and expand‚ which caused the increased size

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    Isolation in general has a lasting effect on a person’s growth and understanding. As isolation comes in different forms‚ the effect it has on the nature of man also varies. The one thing that all forms of isolation have in common is that they influence an individual’s growth in some way. Forced isolation is isolation that is involuntary‚ or against the will. Isolation in which an individual isolates himself or herself is considered self-inflicted. Both of these types have adverse effects on an individual’s

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    Children Activities

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    ( young children and toddlers) Goal 2: Instrumental Learning Materials: small boxes(oatmeal boxes) ‚ tape‚ cooking pan‚ wooden spoon‚ wire coat hanger‚ string‚ metal spoon‚ tissue box‚ rubber bands‚ beans or rice‚ plastic bottles‚ bells‚ chenille stem‚ jar lids‚wooden dowels. Procedure:BONGO DRUM – Tape together two empty circular oatmeal boxes and beat with your hands. BASE DRUM – Turn a cooking pan over and beat on the bottom of it with a wooden spoon. TRIANGLE – Tie a string around the

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    History of Telephone

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    Georg von Kleist independently developed the Leyden jar which was named after its Holland city of invention. It is a device that was used by early experimenters to help build and store electricity.  It was also called a "condenser" because many people considered electricity as fluid or matter that could be condensed. Over the years these jars were used in countless experiments‚ lectures‚ and demonstrations Figure 1: A basic anatomy of a Leyden jar In 1820‚ a Danish physicist Christian Oersted discovered

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    Mrs Dalloway Depression

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    Question 1. The Representation of Isolation and depression in Mrs Dalloway and The Bell Jar Many studies of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway have focused on its themes of gender roles‚ repression‚ issues of feminism and its writing techniques. I will be examining it from a different perspective; that of mental health issues‚ particularly isolation and depression. Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar also voices similar concerns with these issues of mental health. As an

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    Pickle Recipes

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    the grapes‚ right where the steam meets. Then store prepared grapes into a clean quarts jars. Meanwhile‚ take a pan and heat vinegar and add all other remaining ingredients over medium heat for ten minutes. You need to stir occasionally to make sure sugar has fully dissolved. Now‚ pour this hot mixture of spices into the grape-filled container. Mix them properly. Push bay leaves and cinnamon stick into the jar so they don’t float on top. Set aside‚ uncovered to let it cool down for an hour. Store

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    depressed for most of her adult life. She died by suicide in 1963. Plath is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for her two published collections‚ The Colossus and Other Poems‚ and Ariel. She also wrote The Bell Jar‚ a semi-autobiographical novel published shortly before her death. In

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    Sylvia Plath

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    Plath is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for her two published collections‚ The Colossus and Other Poemsand Ariel. In 1982‚ she won a Pulitzer Prize posthumously‚ for The Collected Poems. She also wrote The Bell Jar‚ a semi-autobiographical novel published shortly before her death.[3] Early life - Plath was born on October 27‚ 1932‚ in the Massachusetts Memorial Hospital‚ in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood.[4] Her mother‚ Aurelia Schober Plath (1906–1994)

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    Leyden jar‚ made an electrical battery‚ killed a fowl and roasted it upon a spit turned by electricity‚ sent a current through water to ignite alcohol‚ ignited gunpowder‚ and charged glasses of wine so that the drinkers received shocks. More important‚ perhaps‚ he began to develop the theory of the identity of lightning and electricity‚ and the possibility of protecting buildings by iron rods. Using an iron rod he brought down electricity into his house‚ and studied its effect upon bells‚ he concluded

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