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A personal issue that people face is the courage to try new things. People are afraid of being ridiculed by others who have experience in a certain field. I sometimes question why others will make fun of a someone because they have the courage to try something that they are unfamiliar with. While there are some who will deride a person for having the bravery and determination to be successful in a field that they have no experience in, the majority of those who are experienced will display…

nail polish isn’t the only product designed to detect drugs that are slipped into a person’s drink. An Israeli team working at Tel Aviv University has proposed a color-changing swizzle stick that you could use to stir your drink and would indicate if GHB, Rohypnol, or ketamine were present. While the swizzle stick and nail polish both show promise, the only product that is currently available is a coaster by a Tallahassee, Florida, company called Drink Safe Technologies. The coaster, says…

The play God of Carnage is about two set of parents meeting together to discuss their children’s actions. In the beginning of the story you hear about two boys named Bruno and Ferdinand and Ferdinand ends up hitting Bruno with a stick. The injure from the stick hitting in the mouth caused two chip two teeth and spit his lip. The parents are brought together to discuss if Ferdinand understands what he has done to Bruno. Is not all they talk about in this gathering. The parents start talking…

utilized by gatherings of individuals in Australia. These weapons, now and then called "toss sticks" or "kylies", were utilized for chasing an assortment of prey, similar to kangaroos and to parrots; at a scope of around 100 meters non-returning boomerang could dispense mortal damage to a substantial creature. A throw stick tossed about evenly may fly in an almost straight…

The massive crash knocked the red lit stick that I had been holding from my hand and sent it spinning and putting it out. Stunned, I stood there in total darkness. I could hear nothing, see nothing, and I could feel nothing except for the cold stones under my feet. My head was swimming and I…

Video games have been transformed so much thought the years. Starting from pong in the 70’s to modern day video games. As society advances so do video games and their importance in modern culture. The more complicated we make video games the more we see there is controversy around it, but that’s not the main transformation this paper will be focusing on. The transformation I see the most would be between the Nintendo 64 to the PlayStation 4 consoles. The Nintendo 64 was a stepping stone for…

A glow stick is a small plastic tube with chemicals inside it. When When you snap a glow stick and hear it crack it gives off a temporary glow. As you snap the glow stick and hear it crack. Chemicals inside the glow sticks starts to mix together. This is a process call chemiluminescence. Chemiluminescence is a process where light is produced by a chemical reaction. Instead of using an electrical source. An example of this would be if go outside during a fall night and see a firefly glowing…

Introduction How does temperature affect the time glow sticks stay lit? Glow sticks are fun, safe, and interesting to kids all around the year. These light sticks were made for military purposes which were patented in 1973, but Edwin Chandross of Bell Labs’ oxalyl chloride and hydrogen peroxide glow stick was patented in 1960’s. Chemiluminescence is a luminescence resulting from a chemical reaction which is how glow sticks work. A glow sticks has a glass vial, a small glass or plastic bottle…

Glow sticks have many uses to them and many people use them in a number of situations as well. One important aspect of glow sticks is that they are water proof, so if you ever go scuba diving or just want something to light up in your pool then glow sticks are perfect for that. Another feature of them is that they do not require any batteries at all so they are very simple to use, and one final thing that is interesting about glow sticks is they generate an insignificant, or small, amount of…

devices are expensive and unreliable, glow sticks prove to be more efficient. However, it is not as efficient as it may seem. Glow-sticks are a quite interesting and very useful creation. They provide a short-term light source and are self-contained. Since it is self-contained, it does not need an outside energy source to do…