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    A cut D -FL grade Diamond

    I am writing about diamonds in the left side column. Let’s pretend I run a business that sells diamonds. Underneath this bit of text, I might put a button to buy diamonds. I will offer you a diamond for 3 emeralds. Also equivocal to 13 loafs of bread. Hmmmmm.

    I eat dirt

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    I still eat dirt

  • The Metric System

    The Metric System has been adopted by most of the world, but in the United States of America, it never really caught on. There are some major measurements that can be made in Metric. The primary sizes are as such.

    • meter – length
    • gram – mass
      • kilogram
    • Celsius – Temp
    • Candela – Luminosity
    • liter – volume

    A famous Quote:

    If God wanted us to use the metric system, he would have given us 10 fingers and 10 toes.

    Judith Stone

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  • Carbon

    This is Bituminous Coal

    Bituminous coal is a high-energy, mid-rank fossil fuel (45%–86% carbon) formed over 100–300 million years. Known as “black coal,” it is a hard, dense sedimentary rock used primarily for electricity generation and steel production, with high carbon content and significant volatile matter.

    The History of Carbon:

    The word “Carbon” comes from the Latin word “carbo”, meaning coal. Carbon has been known since the prehistoric times in different forms including soot and charcoal. Lavoisier in 1772, demonstrated that diamond is a form of carbon, just like coal.  The same was true for graphite, discovered in 1779 by Carl Wilhelm Scheele. Carbon is said to have several allotropic forms. It is also at the origin of inorganic compound elements such as carbon dioxide and methane, or even certain polymers.

    Atomic #6
    Atomic Mass12.011
    Melting Pointaround 3550 °C (6420 °F)
    Boiling Pointaround 4827 °C (8721 °F)
    Densitytypically 1.8–2.1 g/cm³

    How Carbon is Used

    Carbon is the foundational element of life, usually used as a fuel source (coal, oil, natural gas), in structural materials (steel, graphite, carbon fiber), and in chemical compounds (plastics, polymers). It appears in pure forms like diamond (abrasives, jewelry) and graphite (pencils, lubricants, electrodes). 

  • Cool Rocks I Saw

    Cool Rocks I Saw

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    They're shiny and colorful.

    A poem about rocks

    Rocks erupt from earth
    Rocks stay around a while
    Rocks understand it.

    A pictures of very special rocks

  • Radiation: Is it really dangerous?

    “Unless you are purposely collecting and storing radioactive materials very incorrectly, it’s not dangerous. “

    Since the 1940’s we have always looked at radiation as the monster that had to be conquered or feared, but is it really as bad as science fiction would have you believe? Let’s explore this concept.

    The Facts

    Many people believe that radiation illnesses are a major factor for dying of cancers, but the facts just don’t back this up.

    IllnessRate
    Skin Cancer60,000 – 90,000
    Smoking7,000,000 (1.5m from secondhand smoke)
    Acute Radiation Syndrome60 – 100 since WWII
    Per Capita Mortality of different diseases

    The Truth

    Radiation is a calculatable risk. We use certain tools to keep a safe measurement of this risk, but in most cases, radioactive material that most people can gain access too is not very dangerous. We have lived alongside it for thousands of years, and unless you are purposely collecting it and storing it very incorrectly, it’s not dangerous.

  • My School

    I attend the Dallas School of Excellence. Our school is well known for a few major things:

    Water Sports

    The Dallas Whales are second to none in the pool. Like a fish in water, we gold the record for most consecutive wins in diving and 50 meter freestyle. Come join our pod!

    Gourmet Cuisines:

    With options of Lobster, Filet Mignon, Baked Bean with Bacon, Biscuit and Gravy, and an Ice Cream Parlor, you would expect students to be excited for every meal… and you’d be fight! Our school’s Culinary Class preps and cooks every meal in house.

    Hockey

    While you don’t immediately associate the heart of Texas with Hockey, our Hockey team is 3rd in the nation. All of our players are famed for still having all their teeth! You can thank our phenomenal dental program!

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