Hard water

Introduction Water hardness is defined as the sum of the concentrations of Ca2+ and Mg2+ in a water sample which is measured by amount of CaCO3. Typically, water hardness indicates the water quality, as hard water has greater concentrations of Ca2+ and Mg2+ and soft water has proportionally less concentrations of the aforementioned ions.1 Water that contains Ca2+ and Mg2+ concentrations above 100 milligrams per liter (mg/L) is categorized as hard while soft water contains ion concentrations…

The Follow Through “How could you have messed up so badly?” My mother’s words rang in my ears. “How could you have done this? You told me everything was fine!” After all those awful months, all the work, it was all for nothing. I wasn’t going to Berklee anymore. I had originally auditioned back in February of 2014, hoping I would be starting school in the fall of the same year. When I got my acceptance letter, I was ecstatic. Happy as I may have been, I decided I would postpone my…

when he was young and so he picked up a book. He started to write and get smarter. He just wanted some help to be shown the way. Even though all some people wanted to do is pull him down and Not let him have a future, let him figure things out the hard way. As Jamal's brother said “They only let you so far” To prove him right, we can talk about the scared Crawford, who thought a black Basketball kid from the Bronx could not be doing this writing. He is so quick to jump…

Personal Narrative Can you spontaneously explode from a cut? Was the question when I was at Granite State Gymnastics, the place where I train 8 months of the year for a 4 month competition season. The gym has a small airlock style walk in with wooden boards as a floor. Once inside, the space is about 4 feet wider than the door frame and has a nicer stripped wooden floor that is light brown and a L stairs to your left when you walk in with a bathroom in front of you and a school flyer style…

This adds dramatic sense to the story because, he would not just be moving the deer but he would be saving the fawn. This poem allows for readers to jump into the narrators shoes and decide, if they would take the easy way out, or the hard way. Although the hard way provides way more opportunity. Throughout the poem a lot of stanzas represent and symbolize much for than what is read. One example is in stanza ten “her side was warm, her fawn lay there waiting”. This line shows an opportunity for…

Some of their best released albums were Black Sabbath(1920), Paranoid(1870) and Master of Reality(1971). They were also labeled the “Greatest Metal Band” by MTV and were also placed second in VH1's “100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock”. Rolling Stone magazine even ranked them 85 in their “100 Greatest Artist of All Time” By the end of their career they had sold over 70 million records worldwide. They were also inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Rock and…

Former Alice In Chains singer Layne Staley, believed to have died over 15 years ago, is back from the dead…or did he ever die in the first place? Layne Staley was born in Kirkland, Washington, August 22nd, 1967. He is most well known for being the lead vocalist of 90’s band Alice in Chains, but was also a member of the band Mad Season. Alice In Chains was an alternative metal band that started in the late 80’s in Seattle, Washington. Band members included lead singer, Layne Staley, guitarist…

transition from a couch potato to running a 5k after running once. I had to be patient and learn how to pace myself. I had to find the perfect balance in my training so I could avoid pushing myself too hard and not pushing myself enough. Before this experience, I would always push myself too hard in my schoolwork and other activities I participated in. I would cram in studying the night before the test and get frustrated with myself if I did not understand the material right away. While training…

especially with unfortunate events in life, we tend to react negatively towards the problem. I’m pretty sure most of us have our share of unfair consequences For example, getting rear ended in your new car, or getting a C on a test test you studied really hard the night before. These hapless events seem unfair and creates reactions towards life, making us wonder, what did we do to deserve these inequitable happenings. However, these reactions can get the better of us and reward us with…

Join Publication 5-0 define Operational design is “a process of iterative understanding and problem framing that supports commanders and staffs in their application of operational art with tools and a methodology to conceive of and construct viable approaches to operations and campaigns.” There are 13 elements which can be used to build the framework. There of them are play most important role to link to other elements and also help the commander and their man understand the problem furthermore…