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    Merricat Blackwood is an unreliable narrator in We Have Always Lived in the Castle, based on many of her actions described throughout the story. Due to the unusual way she behaves, it is fair to question if she is capable of being a reliable narrator. In the beginning of the story, Merricat describes herself and her family. For instance, Merricat says, “I have often thought that with any luck at all I could have been born a werewolf, because the two middle fingers on both my hands are the same…

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    Englishman by the name of John Hill, a famous botanist and provocateur, first reported that the use of snuff could lead to mouth cancer. Hill went on to report that smoking tobacco led to greater mortality(9). In 1795, Samuel von Soemmerring reported that pipe smoking was correlated with cancers of the lip(2). By the 1820’s, German scientists recognized that a few drops of pure nicotine was a powerful poison capable of killing a horse(1). In the mid 19th century, Etienni-Frederic Bouisson…

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    an enormous advantage in dry, hot regions since there would be no possibility of floods so it can naturally cool down. Another advantage is that it provides an extra space to store material and other goods; also makes access pipes easier when they require repairs since the pipes would be on the top of the…

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    The Friel Sisters

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    means they are spiritually connected to each other. They could possibly feel the musical sensuality together as one, easily. Sheila and Anna are twins, they both play flute. Younger sister Clare plays the fiddle, and Sheila also plays the uileann pipes. Most of the tunes were learned from their family heritage and…

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    All tobacco products do more harm than good. Nowadays there are many people, of all ages use the vast amount of tobacco products. There are many different ways to use tobacco; chew, dip, snuff, cigarette and cigar smoking, and pipe smoking. Chew is in the form of a plug, usually flavored, for chewing instead of smoking. Dipping tobacco or referred to as moist snuff is finely ground or shredded smokeless tobacco that you put between the lip and the gum. Snuff is pulverized tobacco that is to be…

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    it looked brown. It was discovered that the state DEQ wasn’t treating the water with an anti corrosive agent, and since the water from the river is 19 times dirtier than the water of the lake, the water corroded the metal of the pipes, putting it in the water. Since pipes in flint are made of lead, lead started…

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    Est1 Task 2

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    Task 2 Part A Cebita Santhosh Q1. The three main types of blood vessels in the circulatory system are veins, arteries and capillaries. The veins carry deoxygenated blood from the capillaries back to the heart. The arteries carry blood away from the heart to your tissues. The capillaries are the smallest of the body's blood vessels, only one cell thick and are found in the muscles and lungs. Q2. Eating too much salt can raise your blood pressure because of the extra water stored in the…

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    vision coming back quickly. The sky has darkened, but the sun was visable, but not strong enough to give off heat here. A man cornered Layla, she held a lead pipe, ready to swing at him. Gaining my senses back, the yelling, screaming, and crying took over my ears. Layla seung at the man, knocking…

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    After that, Spooky told us how to build the base of the rocket. We were told to build a rocket with only construction paper and tape. The rocket would fit over a piece of PVC pipe and it could not have any holes because it would not work correctly. Jack, Gus and I were a team and we went to work. We all worked together to come up with a design. There was discussion about which tape to use. There were three types of tape, all…

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    The Premier Diamond Mining Company was founded by Thomas Cullinan (later Sir Thomas) in 1902, near the end of the second Boer War (South African War 1899 - 1902). The land was originally part of the Cornelis Minnaar Farm and was purchased for a sum total of £52,000 by Thomas. The company was first registered on the 6th November 1902 as the Premier Syndicate but was later re-registered as the Premier Transvaal Diamond Mining Company Ltd. on 1st December, 1902. Cullinan Village was established in…

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