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    • Dome and Dust: A Guide to Vatican City
      Vatican City is country (yes a country not a city) enriched with centuries of deep rooted culture and history. Stacked along are countless fascinating facts that are sure to keep you extending your vacation. Welcome to Vatican City.
    • Coffee: Magical Bean Water
      With roots in Ethiopia and Yemen over 500 years ago, Coffee did not grow in popularity until America made it the drink of choice. This is closely linked to the history of our own country. After the tax from the tea Act of 1773, America rejected Tea sold by the British East India Trading Company,… Read more: Coffee: Magical Bean Water
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      Unlike the Read more option, this one creates a second page of space. Page Breaks work like they do in word processors, like google docs or Microsoft Word.
    • Promethium
      Promethium is a rare-earth metal known for being the only lanthanide with no stable isotopes. Questions Answers Atomic Number 61 Atomic Symbol Pm Atomic Mass 145 Period 6 Density 7.26 g/cm³ Appearance Silvery-white, Metallic, Glows in the dark. A table designed to give you the details about promethium. Usages Promethium is used for highly specialized… Read more: Promethium

  • Dome and Dust: A Guide to Vatican City


    Vatican City is country (yes a country not a city) enriched with centuries of deep rooted culture and history. Stacked along are countless fascinating facts that are sure to keep you extending your vacation. Welcome to Vatican City.

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  • Coffee: Magical Bean Water

    The World of Coffee

    With roots in Ethiopia and Yemen over 500 years ago, Coffee did not grow in popularity until America made it the drink of choice. This is closely linked to the history of our own country. After the tax from the tea Act of 1773, America rejected Tea sold by the British East India Trading Company, and went to the cheaper alternative of Coffee. This brought it to the masses and began its march towards global domination.

    Types of Coffee

    Pourovers

    The most popular form of Coffee in the world is the pour over, it is a process where you pour hot water over coffee in a paper filter. This process is the basis of the drip coffee machine. It yields a fast to make a cup of decent quality joe.

    A famous coffeemaker that created the drip market is the Mr. Coffee. Have a listen:

    Percolated Coffee

    The older brother to the modern day drip coffee machine is the percolator. It has one major downside, of it resteaps the coffee multiple times, causing it to become bitter, it was very uncommon to drink this coffee black. Most people who drank percolated coffee have very little issue drinking black drip coffee though as it is far less bitter.

    It was also famous for its sound. Take a listen:

    Espresso

    Currently the king of caffeine, Espresso uses pressurized water to put the coffee grinds under pressure. You also have to grind the coffee finer to allow for the extraction process to work faster. This process requires some decently expensive equipment, and therefore is not a process normally done in home, but budget expresso makers are becoming available. Starbucks made Espresso widely available in the United States.

    A guide for espresso:

    Moka Pot

    Before the modern high pressure espresso machine, there was still a way to make a higher pressure more caffeinated than drip. It was called the Moka Pit. To use it, you would fill the bottom with water, a cup with coffee, and then screw it together. Placed upon a source of heat, it would force the water through the coffee under steam pressure. When finished, it would make a noise that sounds like the word Moka, this would tell you the coffee is done.

    (a) Brewed Coffee

    (b) Coffee Grinds

    (c) Water

    (d) Source of Heat

  • Design Blocks

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  • Promethium

    Promethium is a rare-earth metal known for being the only lanthanide with no stable isotopes.

    Promethium
    Radium is highly radioluminescent, meaning it glows in the dark.

    QuestionsAnswers
    Atomic Number61
    Atomic SymbolPm
    Atomic Mass145
    Period6
    Density7.26 g/cm³
    AppearanceSilvery-white, Metallic, Glows in the dark.
    A table designed to give you the details about promethium.

    Usages

    Promethium is used for highly specialized technology due to its steady emission of beta particles. Promethium is often used in Nuclear Batteries, Lunar modules, submerged submarines, and historically used in medical settings such as radiotherapy.


    The Hunt for 61: History

    In 1902 Czech chemist Bohuslav Brauner predicted an unknown element with the atomic number of 61.

    In 1914 Henry Moseley used specialized technology to confirm there was a missing unknown element. The race begins.

    For decades after scientists claimed they found the missing element naming it things such as “Illinum”, “Florentium”, or even “Cyclonium” each discovery was eventually proven false.

    During the Manhattan Project in 1945, A group of researchers made a breakthrough in isolating element 61 from the fission products of uranium fuel. Due to wartime secrecy the discovery was kept hidden until 1947.

    The name originates from Grace Mary Coryell (one of the scientist’s wife), who suggested naming it after the Greek Titan Prometheus, who stole fire from the gods to give to humanity.

  • Cool Rock I Saw

    This is preformatted text about a cool rock. It's shiny and colorful. It's probably a metal.

    A poem about rocks

    Rocks erupt from Earth
    Rocs stay around a while
    Rocks understand it.

    A picture of a very special rock

  • Radiation Is it really dangerous?

    Unless you are purposely 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.

    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 WWll
    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.

  • 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-Weight
    • Celsius- Temp
    • Candela- Luminosity
    • Liter- Volume

    A famous quote:

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

    Judith Stone

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  • My School

    I attend the Dallas school of Hobby-horsing. Our school is well known for a few major things:

    Water Sports

    The Dallas Horses are second to none in the pool. Like a fish in water we hold 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 beans lathered in premium sauce, Biscuits and gravy, and a personal Ice Cream Truck, you would expect students to be excited for every meal.. and you’d be right! 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 school. Our Goalie fills the net, and also known for being a national franks hotdog competition champion. All of our players are framed for still having all their teeth! You can thank our phenomenal dental program!

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