History of Crystal Meth Crystal meth otherwise known as Amp‚ Crystal‚ and Speed is a highly dangerous drug. Crystal meth was first developed in Japan in 1919. It was used to keep troops awake. Japanese Kamikaze pilots were given crystal meth before their suicide missions. In 1950 crystal meth was used as a defense against depression. It was mainly used by college students‚ truck drivers‚ and athletes. In 1970 the US government declared crystal meth to be dangerous and illegalized it. Effects
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Crystal Cave of Giants The Naica mine is located in Chihuahua‚ Mexico and was first discovered in 1794. The mines primary interest was silver and gold until about the 1900’s when a large-scale mining began as Zinc and Lead become more valuable resources. This is the largest mine in the country that produces lead‚ zinc and silver‚ among other minerals. The entrance is located 1385 m above sea level in the north of the 12km.-long sierra Naica. In April of 2000‚ brothers Elroy and Javier Delgado
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The Function of a Crystal Radio What is the first thing that comes into your mind when you think about the function of the radio? Is the first thing that pops into your mind the word ‘magic’? Despite the fact that it seems like it is magical and comes out of the air‚ radio and the use of the radio is very scientific. When broken down and analyzed‚ the function of the radio is more scientific than magical. The miraculous way that you can send out invisible information through thin air and can
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Before watching the videos on crystal meth I was very uneducated when it came to the drug. After watching the Oprah Winfrey Show and Meth is Death video‚ it was very easy for me to come to the conclusion that crystal meth is a very intense and addictive drug. On the Oprah Winfrey Show‚ Oprah describes crystal meth as being the most dangerous drug in America and the biggest problem officers face concerning drugs. She also says crystal meth is not popular with a particular group of people. Rather
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Crystals are formed when atoms line up in patterns and solidify. There are crystals everywhere — in the form of salt‚ sugar‚ sand‚ diamonds‚ quartz‚ and many more! To make crystals‚ you need to make a very special kind of solution called a supersaturated solid solution. Here’s what that means: if you add salt by the spoonful to a cup of water‚ you’ll reach a point where the salt doesn’t disappear (dissolve) anymore and forms a lump at the bottom of the glass. The point at which it begins
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Santiago and The Crystal Merchant Sometimes changes are required to make life easier when you are struggling. In the novel‚ The Alchemist‚ Santiago suggests that the crystal merchant should change in order to improve his business. When the merchant agrees with Santiago’s brilliant ideas‚ many positive things start to happen. In this part of the novel‚ Santiago had just gotten robbed and he has no way to survive. Desperate for food‚ he offers his assistance to a crystal merchant in exchange
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Liquid crystal display Reflective twisted nematic liquid crystal display. 1. Polarizing filter film with a vertical axis to polarize light as it enters. 2. Glass substrate with ITO electrodes. The shapes of these electrodes will determine the shapes that will appear when the LCD is turned ON. Vertical ridges etched on the surface are smooth. 3. Twisted nematic liquid crystal. 4. Glass substrate with common electrode film (ITO) with horizontal ridges to line up with the horizontal
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The Crystal Merchant and Englishman’s Development “We make a lot of detours‚ but we’re always heading for the same destination” (77). Paulo Coelho’s novel The Alchemist reveals how Santiago goes about in a journey to achieve his Personal Legend. In his journey Santiago meets several people‚ although not everyone served a role in helping him realize his Personal Legend‚ but the Crystal Merchant and the Englishman served as big part in the realization of Santiago Personal Legend. Santiago had to
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on David Crystal’s article “2b or Not 2b?” 1. David Crystal begins his article with some strong “they say” arguments‚ quoting writers who argue that text messaging is destroying the English language. At what point in the article do you begin to see that his own perspective is very different from that of such critics? - Crystal’s perspective on texting is displayed many times throughout different paragraphs in the article. In paragraph six Crystal states “texting has added a new dimension to language
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Have you ever heard about the “Night of Broken Glass”? Well‚ we have to call it by the original name “Kristallnacht” that’s a German word that its significance it’s literally “Crystal Night”. Now‚ what was the “Crystal Night”? In simple words “Kristallnacht” was one of the many pogroms that were to come toward the Jewish community (at first) in Germany on World War 2. In the city of Paris‚ France on November 7 1938‚ a young German-born Polish Jew called Herschel Grynszpan (Sometimes Greenspan)
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