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    Laboratory Report: Flame Colors of Metals Abstract The experiment about flame color of metals demonstrates how electrons jump into their excitedstate from their ground state as it came in contact with heat. As it return to its lower energy state‚it emits the absorbed energy in the form of light. A platinum or nichrome wire was dipped into aconcentrated HCL and was heated to clean it. The wire was dipped into different salt solutionsand heated in order to determine the metallic ion’s color and wavelength

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    Zeus Facts

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    surrounding this famous Greek god‚ Zeus‚ with these fast‚ fun facts about Zeus for all of you. Fact 1: He was the god of the sky and the heavens and referred to as King of the gods and men   Fact 2: The names of his parents were Cronus and Rhea   Fact 3: He was one of the 12 Olympian gods who resided on the summit of Mount Olympus   Fact 4: He is believed to have been born in a cave on Mount Ida on the island of Crete   Fact 5: Cronus‚ his father‚ believed that he would be betrayed and

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    adult character of Scout describing events that happened when she was a child. 2. What can the reader expect to learn from this narrative point of view? The reader will only learn about the events that the narrator thinks are signifi cant. The narrator will also include her thoughts‚ opinions‚ and biases‚ and she will explain events based on her perspective. Seeing a story only through the narrator’s eyes can lead to misunderstandings of other characters’ actions‚ because the reader does not know

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    The Dark Knight

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    September 2012 Heroes Journey: The Dark Knight Campbell’s hypothesis about the monomyth is‚ that there is one myth and twelve components to that myth.(Campbell 1)The Dark Knight is a story that seems to possess all twelve components of Campbell’s hypothesis‚ and proves that Campbell’s hypothesis is right. One of the components that fits in with The Dark Knight is “the call to adventure”. Once the joker robs the bank‚ Batman knows he must help in any way he can. The Joker wants Batman killed and

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    Nutritional Facts

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    Danger can be so fun without the hazard road signs to kill the thrill. Sometimes the bad things can taste so sweet and delightful and no hurdle or barrier will slow you down. In America‚ we love sugary drinks even though we know it’s harmful to the human body. We can’t resist. Labels already exist on food and drinks with nutritional facts that may be ignore. It’s better not to have labels on sweet drinks. My three reasons are many ignore nutritional facts‚ sugar not the only cause of obesity and

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    Facts on Cocaine

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    depends on the route of administration. The faster the absorption‚ the more intense the high. On the other hand‚ the faster the absorption‚ the shorter the duration of action. The high from snorting may last 15 to 30 minutes‚ while that from smoking may last 5 to 10 minutes. Increased use can reduce the period of stimulation. When people

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    Film Review Stephen Edwin King has written many famous novels that have been turned into great films. The Green Mile is one of the films that have been produced into an award-winning movie. The story begins with a former prison guard named Paul Edgecomb who is currently living in a retirement home. A past memory suddenly strikes Paul in which brings back many old stories from when he was a prison guard at Cold Mountain Penitentiary. He begins to tell the story of a man named John Coffey who

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    The Dark Is Rising

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    The Dark is Rising series is my favorite book series. I consider it to be the archetype of which modern day writers refer to. When I found out they had made a movie out of the second book I was ecstatic. I thought‚ key word thought‚ it was going to be a great movie. I was very wrong. The second book is titled The Dark is Rising and it’s about a young boy named Will Stanton. Will is the seventh son of a seventh son and he has a prophecy written about him. On his 11th birthday he finds out the he

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    Thanatourism site. Introduction Thanatourism otherwise known as Dark tourism has found its place in the tourism sector. Though it has emerged as an academic field of study and particularly standing as a growing niche tourism product‚ there has been absence of realistic research (Seaton‚ 2012)‚ clearness and agreement about definition and purpose of it‚ (Dunkley‚ Morgan and Westwood‚ 2011). Nevertheless‚ Stone‚ P (2012) defines dark tourism as social filter between life and death and a mediating institution

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    Writing about literature - an essay THE CAN-CAN: WHAT CAN AND WHAT CAN’T? By Huy Phát A popular provocative dance move in the Broadway shows in 1950s has been chosen as the title for this short story “The Can-can” of Vivante about a man having a love affair while his thought was wandering around “somebody doing the can-can”- his wife back home. The can-can therefore does more than just being the title‚ its repeated recurrence in the story recognizes itself as a noteworthy symbol and also contributes

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