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    Candle Burning Lab

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    the combustion of a candle? The purpose of this lab was to find out the properties and characteristics of a candle. Also the purpose was to find the remnants that the combustion of a candle leaves behind as gas. I learned that the candle that is burning releases a certain gas into the air. I also learned that limewater has a chemical reaction when exposed to that gas and turns red. Hypothesis: For this Lab‚ my hypothesis was that the candles are going from solid to gas because of a high and quick

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    Burning Blue Summary

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    Burning Blue by Paul Griffin This Girl named Nicole Castro gets acid thrown in her face one day at school. She has to have surgery and has to go to a therapist. She befriends a guy named Jay. Jay is secretly a hacker; he can hack almost and anything. He is afraid that the FBI is on his trail of hacking. Jay’s dad is an art critic and seems to be drunk most of the time. Jay’s mom was killed in a car accident‚ his father was driving and he was also intoxicated at the time. After Nicole and

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    Pennsylvania greatly affected the French and Indian war. In fact‚ he basically started it. George Washington himself was the spark that ignited the fire. He created this spark by raiding a peace party‚ killing Joseph Coulon de Villiers de Jumonville‚ and signing a document proving him guilty. One of the reasons George Washington is guilty of starting the war is that he raided a peace party. In 1754‚ Virginia’s Governor Dinwiddie sent George Washington‚ then a commissioned Lieutenant Colonel in the newly

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    Burning Man Festival

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    Burning Man Burning Man Festival Analysis • How would you identify the philosophical background or the intellectual/esthetical/artistic streams that impact the foundation and the organisation of this festival ? • How would you describe its success ? • What is your subjective assessment of events such as this one? • How could this event be introduced to your country - provide a brief outline of a marketing strategy. Burning Man is a week-long annual event held in the Black Rock Desert in

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    George Washington

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    Short Essay 1 Washington and other founders knew that for citizens to live freely‚ each citizen must be able to control themselves. Citizens must also be taught about moral qualities. In the western territories‚ the first federal law had said‚ “Religion‚ morality‚ knowledge‚ being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind‚ school and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.” The school systems must bring morality and religion to the students’ attention. The Claremount

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    Mississippi Burning Essay

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    This quote from Abraham Joshua Heschel sums up how inconsiderate and cruel people can be‚ without processing how evil their actions and words are. Few of us seem to realise how crooked‚ how universal and how evil racism is. In the film ‘Mississippi Burning’ directed by Alan Parker we see the idea of ‘man’s inhumanity to man’‚ through racism‚ fear and corruption. Parker helps us understand the thoughtlessness and evilness of this idea‚ with the use of verbal and visual techniques such as dialogue‚ camera

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    Barn Burning 4

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    “Barn Burning” William Faulkner In most stories one reads there is going to be a protagonist and an antagonist. The protagonist is the character in the story that is usually considered the good guy. The antagonist is usually considered the bad guy and clashes with the protagonist. In the story “Barn Burning” by William Faulkner he has a clear protagonist and antagonist. The protagonist of the story is Sarti. The antagonist of the story is Sarti’s father Abner. Faulkner makes this a very interesting

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    Rhonda Berry EN-101-ON3 Feb. 24‚ 2013 Short Story Analysis Assignment “Barn Burning” “Barn Burning” is a short story about a young boy and his family who are completely controlled by their domineering father. Abner Snopes takes the law into his own hands and focuses his revenge on anyone he feels is wronging him. Sartoris Snopes wants acceptance and to be loyal to his father and his family; however‚ he struggles within himself to do the right thing‚ which can cause him to lose

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    Bride Burning in India

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    Bride burning in the Hindu religion is a hideous custom enforced by the Brahmin priests to eradicate non-Brahmin women‚ in order to destroy the non-Brahmin races. Other methods used are wife-burning‚ sati or widow-burning‚ jauhar‚ and witch burning. Most of these murders are passed off or regarded as kitchen fires and are never brought to justice. This is a result of the low status of women in India who are viewed more as personnel property that can be disposed of at anytime. About eighty percent

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    Violence and Barn Burning

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    Martin Luther King Jr. once said‚ “Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to hit a man‚ but you refuse to hate him”. William Faulkner’s short story “Barn Burning” illustrates this point. The main character in the story Sarty is faced with the choice of staying loyal to his family or straying away from his family and following his beliefs. Growing up in an environment where violence is present causes one to struggle

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