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    Gissella Fajardo Treasure of the Earth: Gems Nova The title of the documentary that we watched today was “Treasure of the Earth: Gems Nova”. The intended audience is anyone that is interested on learning about gems like rubies, diamonds and sapphires.The purpose of the documentary is to inform the audience about gemstones. I didn’t know specific information about gemstones. During the documentary I learned that near the Earth's surface many gemstones are formed when…

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    In 1985, Gary met his third wife Judith Lynch at a bar in Seattle. They married in 1988 and bought a home in Des Moines and lived there until 1997. Gary was hoping to make his third marriage work out by making a point to greet his new neighbors, speak to them, and even decided to keep his lawn kept up. He still had his garage sales twice a month.9 Gary was handsome, polite, had a respectable job, and always treated Judith like a lady. For 13 years he was the perfect husband, and the perfect…

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    is been look at as someone different. His appearance is something people will find unusual for a young man back in his time. “His clothes…the tan velvet on the collar of his open over coat…there was something of the dandy about him, and he wore an opal pin … and a red carnation on his buttonhole.” (Cather 242). Some teacher is not just afraid of him, some also feel worry about him noticing that even in his dreams he is having this feeling, and in a way thinking that he is trap in.” One warm…

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    Australia is the smallest continent. Most people these days’ associate Kangaroos, and the pop artist, Iggy Azealia to the country. I myself was guilty of that until I had a conversation with someone from the Oceanic country and became enlightened. In order for the employees to enter or leave the Magic Kingdom, they have to get brought in by a company authorized bus, unless you are one of the very few that has been granted gate access. As I sat on the bus, to head back to my car after a long day…

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    Fat Man Research Paper

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    invented to construct the bomb. After the project, scientists became more interested with radioactive elements. As a result, they began experimenting with these elements for medical uses, engineering uses and agricultural uses. Significant to Society: OPAL is Australia’s research fission…

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    Chapter 6 Chango Analysis

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    Chapter Six Chango Other Names: Shango, Xango. A War god, connected with Mars, claimed to give victory over adversaries and perform powerful punishment upon them. He is called mostly for men in all issues to do with victory and sensuality, to be seductive to women. Chango may perhaps be the best recognized of the Orishas. He rules dance, drums fire, lightning and thunder. Chango is a warrior Orisha of knowledge and intellect, has hot-tempered nature and is the personification of manhood. Chango…

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    It was almost as if I had been stricken with rigor mortis as the last of her words evaded into thin air, sliding off of her tongue like venom. I was filled with emotions resembling that of both shell shock and astonishment, as the still nameless, elderly woman continued holding my face by the clutches of her long, gaunt fingers. Only a few seconds had passed while she continued to grasp me, but I began to panic. I wasn’t sure what could follow an event as strange and eerie as that, and I hadn’t…

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    Those activists included, Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi. Garza, Cullors, and Tometi formed this movement without chief structure, as they were ready to get the movement off of the ground. So, this organization is chapter run. In fact, there are twenty-three chapters centralized in several locations…

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    who co-founded this movement, Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi, and Patrisse Cullors. Alicia Garza, is an activist and a writer from Oakland California. She focuses on issues such as rights for domestic workers, student services and right, ending police brutality, anti-racism and violences against trans and gender non-conforming colored people. She has been awarded the credit for coming up with the name Black Lives Matter, in which we all know today. Opal Tometi, is also an activist and a…

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    Birthtone Research Paper

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    climate, pressure, and heat (3). All birthstones form in different climates. For example, the peridot (see figure 2) is a volcanic birthstone and usually forms near ground shaped by volcanoes where magnesium and iron are present. On the other hand, an opal (see figure 3) usually forms in humid climates near the ocean. Scientists collectively learned from another’s notes on the subject to find out and recognize the climate each Birthstone needs to form. Now a mine shaft site can be founded just…

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