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    Gold is widely used in modern day medicine to treat disorders. This is because gold is very resistant to bacteria. Bacteria are microscopic single-celled organisms. Bacteria are prokaryotes, meaning the entire organism consists of a single cell with a simple internal structure. The DNA of a prokaryote is neatly packed in the nucleus. The bacterial DNA floats freely in a twisted thread-like mass called the nucleoid. Gold is unaffected by almost everything. The only materials that can affect gold…

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    King Midas Quotes

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    King Midas and the golden touch In the myth “King Midas and his golden touch’ by Anonymous everything the king touches turns to gold. Midas ,a king who loves gold, is sad because he loses everything with the gift/curse. From Midas’s experiences the author conveys an important message; be grateful for what you have and don’t be to greedy about the things you need. There are many examples of the message in the story. First Midas had everything he needed in his life. “He had everything a king…

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    The Lydians Use Of Money

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    The first use of money was processed in 700 B.C. The Lydians were the very first culture to value a specific material and call it a “coin.” Soon after the Lydians invented what we know as money, other cultures around the world began to mint their own coins with certain values. The whole world eventually heard about this new creation. It was easier to trade goods, get items, and it brought people into thought of making businesses. According to the Dictionary, money is “the assets, property, and…

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    find” (Hurston, “Gilded” 671). When Joe initially talks about Slemmons, she is uninterested, telling her husband that she “is satisfied wid [Joe] jes lak [he] is” (Hurston, “Gilded” 672) and does not want him to change. But after hearing Joe talk about gold and money, Missy May cheats with Slemmons, betraying Joe. Literature set in this time period rarely features wives cheating on their husbands. This unusual twist is enough for Missy May to turn into a quiet, remorseful woman. Her life was…

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    Baker's Yeast Lab Report

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    3.1. Green photosynthesis of gold nanoparticles using aqueous extract of Baker’s yeast: One aim of the present study is the development of an improved method for derivatization of metabolites existed in aqueous extract of Baker’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). This procedure facilitates identification of metabolites in Baker’s yeast extract and its utility for the synthesis of nanomaterials. The preparation of trimethylsilylenol ethers of metabolites was performed by treatment of the extract…

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    1A, Mercantilism is the belief of trade where you show countries wealth by gold. Mercantilism encouraged exports and discouraged imports. This theory was flawed because it believed the only way to improve one’s country was at the expense of others. Which lead to restricted international trade and paying colonies almost nothing for their exports and charging heavily for their exports. 1B Absolute advantage refers to the ability of a country to produce a good or service better than any other…

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    Introduction Silver, like gold, is found in a native state; frequently too it occurs as an alloy containing gold, which is recognized, when the silver is dissolved in nitric acid, as the black sediment or oxide of gold. Arsenic and antimony are found also alloyed with it. Several of the ores of lead and copper contain silver. As silver is a precious metal often used for coins, its mining has historically often been lucrative. As with other precious metals such as gold, newly discovered deposits…

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    Shawn Johnson

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    She did a lot of work and had a positive mindset that helped her get to the point she wanted to be and beyond. She got to the Beijing Olympics, which was a dream come true to her, and she won one gold medal on the balance beam. She didn’t end her career like she thought she would, but she succeeds farther than most for her age. Sacred Acre and Shawn Johnson did not start on the right foot, but found people that knew what they were doing and succeeded…

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    Sarah McClanahan blinked her eyes in the dappled sunlight of a cool Kentucky morning. The covered wagon heaved and swayed through the Red River Gorge as a wilderness unlike anything words could draw stretched out ahead. Forest niches me-andered here and there; the untamed river ambled in and out of sight as they passed through the valley of Big Turtle. "Ma, why couldn't I bring my doll?" Her daughter Cassie's question jolted Sarah back to reality. "We had no room for her in the wagon, honey.…

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    The Homestake Gold Mine

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    The Homestake Gold Mine is located in Lead, SD (fig 1). The Homestake Gold Mine was the largest gold mine in the western hemisphere, and it was the United States’ longest continuously operating mine until it closed in 2002. The mine closed because it was costing more to get the gold out than the gold was worth hence why mining is called economic geology. The Homestake was also the deepest mine in the western hemisphere. The Homestake gold mine has three main formations in it. The formations…

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