halogen element Any of the six nonmetallic elements that constitute Group 17 (Group VIIa) of the periodic table. The halogen elements are fluorine (F)‚ chlorine (Cl)‚ bromine (Br)‚ iodine (I)‚ astatine (At)‚ and element 117 (temporarily named ununseptium [Uus]). They were given the name halogen‚ from the Greek roots hal- (“salt”) and -gen (“to produce”)‚ because they all produce sodium salts of similar properties‚ of which sodium chloride—table salt‚ or halite—is best known. Because of their great
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Skeletal System Skeletal system is the biological system providing support in living organisms. Skin‚ muscle and bones allow movement. Skin - pliable covering. Muscles do actual moving. Bones give anchor to move against. The skeleton functions not only as the support for the body but also in haematopoiesis‚ the manufacture of blood cells that takes place in bone marrow. This is why people who have cancer of the bone marrow almost always die. It is also necessary for protection of vital organs
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Jaguar‚ More Than Just a Car The first time I laid my eyes on her‚ I knew it was love at first sight. The way she glimmered in the sunlight when she was cleaned up and the way she looked so beautiful with all of those curves of hers. I knew that this was going to be a great relationship before she was even mine and that it could blossom into that lasting thing that I had been looking for. This 1982 Jaguar was just the car I had been looking for. The car company‚ Jaguar‚ came out with a car that
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The floor is pale and yet full of texture. A rug covers the floor in need of a stretching. In an array of gloss and semi-gloss‚ shades of pale blue cover three of the four walls and their baseboards speckled only by an occasional paint chip or faded fingerprint. Entire sections are hidden by photographs of varying sizes and of varying content‚ most expressing various political ideas‚ or taste in music. Shelves protrude from a wall adjacent to the door‚ topped by a number of knickknacks and decorative
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Fungus eating plastic Pestalotiopsis microspora Pestalotiopsis microspora is a species of endophytic fungus capable of breaking down and digesting polyurethane. The fungus basically eats the plastic and breaks it down into carbon. An endophyte is an endosymbiont‚ often a bacterium or fungus‚ that lives within a plant for at least part of its life without causing apparent disease. Researchers have found the first endophytic fungus that eats plastic‚ and can use it as its sole food source
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Roosevelt Campbell Professor Finnegan English 111 (009) 7 October 2012 The death of the young man in the Nicaraguan war The photograph by Koen Wessing‚ “Nicaragua” (1970) shows a group of people around a dead body on a torn up street in a tragic scene. In the foreground‚ lies a dead young man on a bumpy road covered with a white sheet‚ looks like an army boot on one foot sticking out. In the foreground‚ at the head of the body blood stains are noticeable. A woman who seems to be the young
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The Fighting Temeraire The Fighting Temeraire‚ a landscape oil canvas painted by Joseph Mallord William Turner in 1839‚ stands 90.7 centimeters tall and 121.6 centimeters wide at The National Gallery in London. At first glance‚ eyes are drawn to the regal‚ silent gliding form of the Temeraire and its partner slicing through the glass-like water. Both figures are encased in a triangular-shaped haze of sky blue. With its three masts drawn up and broken spar jutting forward‚ impotent and incapable
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Graffiti Assignment : History of Graffiti Referring to inscriptions and figure drawings‚ graffiti were found on walls of ancient ruins or sepulchers‚ as in the Catacombs of Rome or at Pompeii. Graffiti (in its earliest forms) were first found in 30‚000BC‚ which formed pictographs‚ and cave sketches using animal bones in prehistoric times. Styles of Graffiti: Wildstyle: Graffiti with text so stylized as to be difficult t read‚ often with interlocking‚ three-dimensional type.[ ‚ Bubble
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Girl in the woods-Urban Legend Story Beneath the glimmer of moonlight‚ the lifeless trees stood motionless as I sprinted frantically‚ leaping over the dancing leaves‚ which rustled around my feet. The bustling of the towering trees; the howls of what was around me; the sky of what seemed to be falling in on me. My heart ached as I ran and ran‚ I felt my cheeks burning‚ swelling‚ and I was waiting for my whole face to explode. But I couldn’t stop. Running past the trees‚ which were bracing
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This room used to exist. It used to be so full of color‚ joy‚ and life. This room used to drown in happiness and laughter. It used to shine through its’ childhood days and always received love and new things. Now it struggles to stay noticeable and alive through all the changes life has. Never allowing reality to break its’ heart. (steal its’ breath) This room is still standing because it protects itself by being relaxed‚ ‚ and spiritual (faith). The mood(atmosphere) of the room is always relaxed
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